Paper amulet folded into a narrow strip, triangular at the top, with black inscription and red stamp. [El.B 18/10/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper amulet folded into a narrow strip, triangular at the top, with black inscription and red stamp. [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 21 mm, Length: max 94 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.402
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kaiun o-mamori Kamakura Hase-dera”, Amulet for good luck from Hase-dera temple in Kamakura [FB 08/01/2014]