Money

29-222-15E

From: Japan | Osaka Prefecture

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-222-15E
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan | Osaka Prefecture
Locus Izumi
Period Edo Period | Kyoho
Date Made 1730 CE
Section Asian
Materials Paper
Iconography Daikoku | Ebisu | Daikoku | Lion | Kirin
Inscription Language Japanese Language | Japanese Language
Description

A Japanese hansatsu 藩札 (clan note) issued by the Kishiwada clan (岸和田) in Izumi (和泉), present day Osaka Prefecture. The denomination is one monme of silver (銀壹匁). It is dated to 1730 CE (享保十五 Kyoho fifteen). There is an image of Daikoku and Ebisu in the middle on the obverse and an image of Daikoku, a lion, and a kirin, on the reverse.

Length 18.3 cm
Width 4.3 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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