Amulet, paper bag with inscription in red and black ink. The inscription designates this to be an amulet for people born in the year of the tiger or the ox, the letters on top of the right hand column are 'tiger' and 'ox'. The letters below signify 'Kokuzo Bosatsu', the Buddhist patron deity for these two zodiac signs. For wooden figure inside the bag see [1985.53.885 .2] [EH [OPS Move] 27/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, paper bag with inscription in red and black ink. The inscription designates this to be an amulet for people born in the year of the tiger or the ox, the letters on top of the right hand column are 'tiger' and 'ox'. The letters below signify 'Kokuzo Bosatsu', the Buddhist patron deity for these two zodiac signs. For wooden figure inside the bag see [1985.53.885 .2] [EH [OPS Move] 27/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Tochigi Nikko
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 Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Inscribed, Process Printed
Dimensions: Width: max 84 mm total, Width: max 84 mm, Length: max 116 mm total, Length: max 116 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.885.1 Other numbers: 07 1B
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Tora doshi Kokuzo”, Year of tiger, Kokuzo bosatsu “Nikko-san o-mamori honzon”, Amulet from Nikko. [other side] “Ne doshi, Senju kannon”, Year of rat, Senju Kannon “Nikko-san o-mamori honzon”, Amulet from Nikko *Identical to 1985.53.886. [FB 11/03/2015]

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