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ORB 40/1061
- Record Id:
- 032-004375369
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004375369
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100167138892.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- ORB 40/1061
- Title:
- Kami fumi-e
- Scope & Content:
-
A kami fumi-e 紙踏絵, or paper image made to be trampled on, supposedly used in the systemic persecution of Christians stemming from Tokugawa Ieyasu’s 1614 anti-Christian edict.
The central image is of a severed head mounted on a cross. The head has curly hair drawn in red ink. Above the image is the word 'Christi'
The text on the righthand edge reads: 黒田家の定一切支丹破天連ヲ踏マザル者ハ獄門ノ事 (Kuroda-ke no sadame (jō). Hitotsu Kirishitan Bateren wo fumazaru mono ha gokumon no koto) “1. Decree of the Kuroda family: Those who don't trample on the Christian bateren will be punished by gokumon [exposure of the severed head for several days”. This is followed by the crest of the Kuroda family, daimyo of Fukuoka.
According to a note on the lefthand edge of the sheet it was produced during the Genroku Era (1688-1704). However, it is possibly a later reproduction.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004375369", "parent" : "#", "text" : "ORB 40/1061: Kami fumi-e" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004375369
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004375369
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 sheet
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1688
- End Date:
- 1704
- Date Range:
- 1688-1704
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Ink and colour on paper.
Dimensions: 340 x 230 mm.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Acquired from Isseido Booksellers 6 March 2015.
- Publications:
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For a discussion of thisitem see Pia Joliffe and MahliKnutson, “Sacred images made to be trampled on: kami fumi-e from Japan”, British Library Asian and African Studiesblog (30 January 2020). https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2020/01/sacred-images-made-to-be-trampled-on-kami-fumi-e-from-japan.html.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Christianity--Japan