Rectangular paper envelope with inscription and red stamps, containing a thin slice of wood between two wooden boards. [El.B 09/12/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular paper envelope with inscription and red stamps, containing a thin slice of wood between two wooden boards. [El.B 09/12/2013]
Long description: Rectangular paper envelope with inscription and red stamps, containing a thin slice of wood between two wooden boards. The envelope should be closed and bound with a paper strip but it is torn open at one end so one can see inside. Attached to 1985.53.924. [El.B 09/12/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshu Kansai Nara
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 Wood Plant, Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Carved, Process Inscribed, Process Glued
Dimensions: Width: max 75 mm, Length: max 196 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.923 Other numbers: 07 9A
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kasuga kotaijin”, God of Kasuga shrine. [FB 11/03/2015]