Amulet consisting of a paper folded into a narrow rectangular enevelope with a strip of paper glued inside. [El.B 18/10/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet consisting of a paper folded into a narrow rectangular enevelope with a strip of paper glued inside. [El.B 18/10/2013]
Long description: Amulet consisting of a paper folded into a narrow rectangular enevelope with a strip of paper glued inside. The envelope and the strip of paper have black writing written on them, the envelope is also stamped in red. [El.B 18/10/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
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 Printed, Process Stamped, Process Glued
Dimensions: Width: max 112 mm, Length: max 348 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.394
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: (Outside) “Go-kito o-fuda Nikko-san”, Amulet from Nikko (Inside) “Hoshu Nikko-san mangan himitsuku kanai anzen kisho”, Amulet for household safety from Nikko which was made through the divine ritual
*The text on a slip of paper inside is the same as 1985.53.391 [FB 08/01/2014]

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