Amulet

29-127-144

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-127-144
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Daikoku | Mount Fuji
Description

E-sen 絵銭 (picture coin) also known as Asama sen (浅間銭) named after the Asama shrine (浅間神社) dedicated to the kami of volcanoes. Obv. Daikoku. Rev. Mount Fuji.

Credit Line Purchased from Rev. Edward W. Thwing; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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