Amulet, paper envelope containing slip of paper, all bound with a red strip of paper. [El.B 21/10/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, paper envelope containing slip of paper, all bound with a red strip of paper. [El.B 21/10/2013]
Long description: Amulet, paper envelope containing slip of paper, all bound with a red strip of paper. The envelope has an inscription in black and a stamp in red. The slip of paper is also inscribed in black. [El.B 21/10/2013]
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
Dimensions: Width: max 137 mm, Length: max 387 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.480
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Doryo daisatta go-kito haijitsu Daiyu-zan Saijo-ji”, Amulet from Saijo-ji temple at Daiyu-zan *Doryo is a legendary Buddhist priest who helped building Saijo-ji, and after the founder’s death, he became a tengu, a long-nosed goblin to guard the temple.. [FB 12/03/2015]

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