Painted Folding Screen Of Two Panels "Nimaiori Byobu"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Oct 1963
label: Collection Date
content: 1884-1907
name: label: Collector
content: Alexander G. Moslé
label: Donor Name
content: Alexander G. Moslé
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made from part of a scroll painting. 3 horizontal bands of polychrome painting on pale brown paper separated and bordered at top and bottom of narrower bands of gold, geometric pattern of interlocking, reversed swastikas on pale brown paper. Depicts 106 figures (hyakushi chosei or the 100 Chinese sons) fishing, gaming, etc. In brown wooden frame hinged at center. Attributed to Kano Tsunenobu (1636 - 1713). Right panel 2 long splits near the hinge, and one near base of same position on left panel."
label: Notes
content: Note: The swastika is an old symbol in the Buddhist religion. It is a protective device used as a blessing or "auspicious sign." When one swastika is joined to another to form a chain it can be used as a border or protective boundary on objects.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 156760
label: USNM Number
content: E401959-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Screen