ca. 1930
5" x 3 1/2" x 1", 13 cm x 9 cm x 2.5 cm
32 pages
This is a wonderful, small accordian book comprised of thirty-two pages, of which twenty-one are stamped and written on (yielding forty-two surfaces of stamps).
Used by pilgrims who were on a route of visiting a group of temples would present such a book at a temple; the temple priest would stamp the book with the temple's proprietary stamp and would write on the page a meaningful phrase related to temple and/or ...click for details
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