DepartmentAsia

Blessing for World Peace; dedicated to the Museum of International Folk Art and its visitors from Warei Shrine

NameOfuda) amulet plaque

Maker Warei Jinja

CultureJapanese; Shinto

Date2018

Place madeUwajima, Ehime Prefecture, JAPAN, East Asia, Asia

MediumWood, ink, paper, cord

Dimensions9 15/16 × 2 7/8 × 1/4 in. (25.3 × 7.3 × 0.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2018.75.1a-d

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value (economic concept)

Object numberFA.2018.75.1a-d

ProvenancePurchased and Shinto blessing commissioned by the curator at the Warei Jinja (Shrine), July 24, 2018. Hand-carried to the US by curator Felicia Katz-Harris.

DescriptionThis amulet plaque has a wood base (a), which is wrapped in paper (b), with a red and black ink blessing (c), and tied with a red and gold cord (d). The overall shape of the plaque is hexagonal with even edges and consistent thickness. The wood is very light in color, with some black Japanese characters visible beneath the pieces of paper that are fastened to the piece with the cord.