Paper charm. Piece of paper decorated on one side with images of two figures each robed and stood on two barrels. [FB 12/02/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm. Piece of paper decorated on one side with images of two figures each robed and stood on two barrels. [FB 12/02/2013]
Long description: Paper charm. Piece of paper decorated on one side with images of two figures each robed and stood on two barrels. Inscribed below the figures are two rows of nine stylised Japanese characters in black ink outlined with a black border. Below this the paper has been stamped with a square stamp in red ink containing nine Japanese characters in three rows of three in red ink. [FB 12/02/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Nara
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: by 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 175 mm, Length: max 374 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.211 Other numbers: 07 3
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kanpei Kasuga taisha”, Great shrine of Kasuga *Similar to 1908.82.255, 1908.82.769 and 1908.82.770 (Chamberlain Collection) [FB 08/01/2014]

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