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A Heavily Stamped Vintage Shuin-cho: Pilgrim's Stamp Bo browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects: Pre 1960: Item # 890550
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| ca. mid twentieth century 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 1/2", 24cm x 15.5cm x 1.25 cm A shuin-cho is a book used by Japanese Buddhist pilgrims which bears the stamps obtained from priests at temples visited on a prescribed pilgrimage route. Each temple gives a stamp or two or three, and in certain cases the priest will write the name of the temple and the date, etc. In this case, the kanji or calligraphy is printed on each of the pages, not hand written, however the stamps are all hand applied using cinnabar ink. This book was used on a pilgrimage which relates to Kukai, the founder of the Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism in Japan; he is pictured on the cover of this book as well as on the top of each page. Pictured alongside Kukai is the presiding deity of the temple. This book has 47 pages which are stamped on both sided; there are about five more, unstamped pages. | ||||||||||
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