Travelling Prayer Kit

29-222-6

From: Japan | Kyoto

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-222-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan | Kyoto
Section Asian
Materials Paper | Cloth
Inscription Language Japanese Language
Description

Physician Traveling prayer kit. Small paper three-way folder with woodblock print pasted to interior side. Metallic and orange colored thread covering. Central image of seated multi-armed Kannon with medicine bowl in lap. Title at bottom in Kanji characters: 京都 (Kyoto) 三十三間堂 (Sanjūsangen-dō ). Sanjūsangen-dō is officially known as Rengeo-in, Hall of the Lotus King. Side panels with lotuses. This print was found with a set of items with a label stating that the scrolls with glass rollers are part of a pocket case of a physician. This was found with them and is assumed to be part of the same set. Identical to CG98-1-171A and CG98-1-171E. Said to be carried by a soldier.

Length 12.5 cm
Width 18 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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