Native Name | Ihai |
Object Number | 29-96-756 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese | Buddhist |
Provenience | Japan |
Period | Meiji | 19th Century |
Date Made | 1898 CE |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood |
Inscription Language | Japanese Language | Japanese Language |
Description | Memorial tablet ihai 位牌 on stand, gilded on front and two sides, and painted black on the reverse. The front bears the text コルトンサン Koruton-san, seemingly a European name (“Mr. Colton”?) in blue-colored lettering, while the reverse bears a date, 明治三十一年八月十六日 August 16th, 1898, in gold. |
Height | 16 cm |
Length | 7.4 cm |
Width | 4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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