Votive slip folio 3 verso 1, 769.952.C685 v.7
Item
Title
Votive slip folio 3 verso 1, 769.952.C685 v.7
Description
An anchor lowered from a cloud has hooked a bag of puffed rice (okoshi), which the caption identifies as an “Asakusa specialty.” The brand name on the bag is Thunder (kaminari), which ties in with the unseen figure on the cloud lowering his anchor: a thunder god.
Source
Gertrude Bass Warner Memorial Library, Japanese Art, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Identifier
769_952_c685_v7_0007a