Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities

Wood, line engraved
D 26.0
Edo period　19th century
Bunka 7　1810

Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities
  • A023150
Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities_0
  • A023150
  • 1992/01/29
Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities_1
  • A023153
  • 1992/01/29
Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities_2
  • A023151
  • 1991/07/11
Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities_3
  • A023152
  • 1991/07/11
Kakebotoke (Hanging round tablet) with image of seven Shintō deities_4
  • A023155
  • 1991/07/11

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This hanging plaque is in the shape of a mirror with a handle. On the wooden surface of the mirror, finely incised images have been filled with white pigment to represent male and female deities as well as deities in the guise of monks. The ink inscription on the reverse reveals that this item was produced near the end of the Edo period, the final period of the production of such votive plaques. 
Object label 

Accession Number 744-18
Category Decorative Arts
Bibliography Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Buddhist Implements. Nara National Museum, 1992, 121p. (Japanese)

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