Paper envelope, pat of an amulet. Printed with black inscription and stamped with diamond shaped stamp in red ink. For paper contained inside envelope see [1985.53.493 .2] [EH [OPS Move] 18/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper envelope, pat of an amulet. Printed with black inscription and stamped with diamond shaped stamp in red ink. For paper contained inside envelope see [1985.53.493 .2] [EH [OPS Move] 18/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Kanagawa Odawara 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 1907
Date collected: 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Printed, Process Written, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 58 mm, Length: max 72 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.493.1 Other numbers: 07 29
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: (Wrapper) “Yakusai yoke o-mamori Daishigawara”, Amulet to avoid bad luck, from Kawasaki Daishi (Heiken-ji temple) (Inside) Partly not legible, “Kaichu ?? “, in the sea “Saiyaku shojo”, Remove bad luck [FB 12/03/2015]