Money

88-16-122.20

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 88-16-122.20
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Date Made 1866 CE
Section Asian
Materials Paper
Iconography Money Merchant | Seven Gods of Good Luck Treasures
Inscription Language Japanese Language | Japanese Language
Description

Japanese paper currency. Japanese hansatsu (clan note). The top depicts a man carrying strings of coins. Beneath him are the treasures of the Seven Gods of Good Luck: three wish granting gems in the center, a pair of rhinoceros horns at the top, a magic mallet, a coin, a treasure bag, a key to the storehouse of the gods, a cloak of invisibility, two ingots, and a hat of invisibility.

Length 15 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1988

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