- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Paper charm with characters stamped in black ink. [MJD 01/02/2013]
- Long description
- Paper charm with characters stamped in black ink. The paper is folded into a rectangle. There is a small piece of folded paper inside. [MJD 01/02/2013]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1985
- Date collected
- by 1985
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Width: max 42 mm, Length: max 93 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.167
- Research and responses
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kaji dosha Daishigawara Heigen mitsuji”, Purification sand from Heigen-ji temple. [FB 21/08/2013]
Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Writing, Amulet, Inscription
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