Native Name | 奉納手拭い |
Object Number | 29-96-635 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese | Buddhist |
Provenience | Japan |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Cotton |
Inscription Language | Japanese Language |
Description | Votive hand towel (Hônô tenugui). Light blue and tan patterned background. Blue characters. Japanese characters say 1-chrome, edoborikita, Osaka (address); Rihachi Takai (name); Otokuihanei. Label reads: "Chapel containing the Indo-no-kane, or Bell of Leading, which is rung in order that the Saint-Prince may conduct the dead into Paradise. Osaka." |
Length | 49 cm |
Width | 33 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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