Goobi - ba0d8 - 2020-08-02 18:16:45+0000
Goobi
Folios from a death register (kakocho), written in gold on blue-dyed paper with inset paintings on silk, created in Japan in the 17th or 18th century. These concertina folios are part of a death register or kakocho (CBL J 1049.1-49) of the Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist tradition. The register is divided into thirty days, each presided over by a Buddha or bodhisattva (awakened being). The names of the dead were recorded by date so prayers could be offered on their anniversary. An attached note suggests an association to a daughter of Iwakura Dainagon. Dainagon is a court title, and may in this case refer to Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883). The majority of the names written into the manuscript have since been erased, leaving only traces of gold. These folios include the bodhisattva of day 19, Nikkō Bosatsu. Around the time this manuscript was divided, this set of folios were incorrectly marked as number 35.
Folios from a death register (kakocho)
J 1049.32
J_1049_32
Japanese collection
Japanese (language)
Album/Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)
Approved Place 2018/Asia/East Asia/Japan
Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)
17th or 18th century
1601
1800
true
Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)/Metallic pigment/Gold pigment
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Textile (material)/Silk
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)
Paper (material)
Gold pigment
Silk
Pigment (material)
GOOD
1
146 mm x 295 mm (height x width)
cre
Unknown
Unknown
Japan
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