MS 7351 Yoshio Noma collection of Japanese pilgrim temple cards
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7351

NAA INV 08824800

USNM Accession Number 230671

USNM Catalog Numbers 402555-402596
name: label: Collector
content: Noma, Yoshio
place: label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: East Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Religion
creator: label: Collector
content: Noma, Yoshio
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: Senjafuda are votive slips, stickers, or placards which bear the name of the worshipper and are posted on the gates or buildings of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. They were originally made by pilgrims to paste on the walls of temples and shrines as a sort of devotional graffiti. Later they became collector's items.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 42 Items (woodblock prints on mulberry paper)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 7349/7350/7351, Folder 3
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution from Yoshio Noma in 1965 as part of a larger collection of over 500 items from Kyushu Island, Japan (Accession 230671). The collection was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins in August 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7351
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Works of art
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Data furnished by Chang-su Houchins, of the Department of Anthropology.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of 42 cards collected by Yoshio Noma.  The cards include the names of individual or group visitors or shop signs, along with place names (cities and districts).

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Objects collected by Yoshio Noma are held in the Department of Anthropology collections (Accession 230671).