Puffer Lantern "Fugu Chochin", Large Size
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Oct 1956
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Kiichi Kitahama
notes: label: Notes
content: PUFFER OR GLOBEFISH LANTERNS ARE ORNAMENTAL TOY LANTERNS WHICH ARE SOLD AT COUNTRY FESTIVALS AND FAIRS. THE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE RED BIB READ: ?SENRI OR IZUMI SAKU. KITAHACHI (THE NAME OF A COMIC CHARACTER FEATURED IN A SERIES OF FICTITIOUS TRAVELOGUE, TOKAI DOCHU HIZAKURIGE, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1802-09). REF.: KOJIEN (DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE), EDITED BY SHIMMURA IZURU. TOKYO IWANAMI SHOTEN, 1982. KOKUGO DAIJITEN (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE JA- PANESE LANGUAGE). TOKYO: SHOGAKUKAN, 1976, VOL. 5.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 210492
label: USNM Number
content: E394254-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lantern