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Item
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Old Inari Daimyou Shinto Shrine Noboribata (hanging prayer banner)
Tsutsugaki, Machine Sewn
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Age
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Date on Banner: Showa 11, 1936
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| Condition |
Good overall condition, several small holes & a small stain as seen in photos. The red color is more faded than what appears in the photo. |
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Size
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14 inches X 7.5 feet, 35 X 240 cm
Medium Weight
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| Discussion |
This banner probably was displayed during a hope for a prosperous harvest festival. Inari (deity) shrine or temple banner. The Shinto God Inari is worshiped in both Japanese Shinto and Buddhism. Inari is the Japanese kami (God) of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry and worldly success and one of the principal kami (Gods) of Shinto. |
| Translation |
Shoichi (large kanji)- High ranking Ianri Daimyou shrine
Date (smaller kanji, right side-
Showa 11, 1936
Name of person who presented the banner (smaller kanji at bottom)
Myura-san
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