Paper charm with characters written in black ink. [MJD 01/02/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm with characters written in black ink. [MJD 01/02/2013]
Long description: Paper charm with characters written in black ink. The front has a red flower stamp. The fold at the back of the paper is stamped with red oval. [MJD 01/02/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kansai Kyoto
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: 1907
Date collected: by 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 18 mm, Length: max 99 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.134 Other numbers: 07 65
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Gion Kitamuki Ebisu daijin hanjo shinpu”, Amulet for prosperity from Kitamuki (north-facing) Ebisu in Yasaka shrine in Gion, Kyoto. [FB 21/08/2013]

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