Paper charm. Folded piece of paper inscribed on one side with six Japanese characters in black ink. [FB 12/02/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm. Folded piece of paper inscribed on one side with six Japanese characters in black ink. [FB 12/02/2013]
Long description: Paper charm. Folded piece of paper inscribed on one side with six Japanese characters in black ink. The paper is stamped in two places with a circular stamp containing Japanese characters in red ink and with a square stamp with three rows of Japanese characters in red ink. The folded piece of paper contains a sheet of paper glued down. The paper inside is inscribed on one side with Japanese characters in black ink. [FB 12/02/2013]
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: Before 1907
Date collected: 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Glue, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped, Process Glued
Dimensions: Width: max 103 mm, Length: max 310 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.339 Other numbers: 07 71
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Yasaka daijin gyoji”, Devine seal from Yasaka shrine [FB 08/01/2014]

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