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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