Kompira Shrine Votive Box

Kompira Shrine Votive Box

Oxford College Library (Oxford, Ga.)

Turner, William Patillo (Purchaser) ; Candler, Warren Akin (Funder). Metadata by Timothy Lee.

1800-1894

Wooden Altar Box is in the shape of closet with two hinged doors. The character 金 appears in circular gold medallions on both sides of the main image. Decorative pieces of cloth are attached both to the side doors and the center. The main image is in the shape of a Shintô shrine. On the reverse is a price stamp that reads: 定價/五十五銭/金毘羅宮守箱/組合取締所 (Fixed price/55 sen/Konpira Shrine Votive Box/Organization Regulations Office) with the crest of Konpira Shrine in the center.

Japan

wood (plant material); metal; textile materials

12 x 5.5 x 2 inches

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Meiji

Shinto

personal shrines