Money
88-16-122.9
From: Japan | Osaka Prefecture
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 88-16-122.9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Osaka Prefecture |
| Locus | Kawachi |
| Period | Meiji |
| Date Made | 1868 CE |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper |
| Iconography | Dragon | Wish Granting Jewel |
| Inscription Language | Japanese Language | Japanese Language |
| Description | A laborer's wage bill for the Kawachi exclave (河内飛地領内人足賃手形). Issued by the Tatebayashi (館林) clan out of Kawachi province, now modern day Osaka prefecture. Kawachi was also known as Kashu (河州) which appears on the note. The denomination is forty eight mon (錢四拾八文). It dates to November of 1868 CE (明治元戊辰 年十一月). There are two dragons with a wish granting jewel on the obverse. |
| Length | 8.9 cm |
| Width | 3.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1988 |
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