Paper charm. Piece of paper decorated on one side with three creatures in black ink. [FB 12/02/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm. Piece of paper decorated on one side with three creatures in black ink. [FB 12/02/2013]
Long description: Paper charm. Piece of paper decorated on one side with three creatures in black ink. The central figure has been stamped over with a circular stamp with curvilinear design in red ink. [FB 12/02/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Kanagawa Miyanoshita
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: 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 191 mm, Length: max 250 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.223 Other numbers: 07 14
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: (In the middle column) “Nihon daiichi”, The first in Japan *Identical to 1908.82.359 (Chamberlain) [FB 08/01/2014]

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