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1985.53.41.2

Rectangular piece of paper with row of ?Japanese characters in black ink. Stored inside paper [1985.53.41 .1] [EH [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]

1985.53.41.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Rectangular piece of paper with row of ?Japanese characters in black ink. Stored inside paper [1985.53.41 .1] [EH [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Honshū Kansai Kyoto
Cultural groups
Japanese
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1916
Date collected
By 1916
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
Object numbers
Accession number: 1985.53.41.2 Other numbers: 2304 A 52371 R 22/ 1937
Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: (On the cover .1) “Nishiki tenmangu go-kito no fuda”, Amulet from Nishiki tenmangu in Kyoto. (Slip of paper inside .2) “Nishiki tenmangu shugo no tokoro”, Protected place by Nishiki tenman. [MJD 22/02/2013]

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