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Permalink Reply by Michael Lee on August 12, 2021 at 6:53pm

My wife is Japanese. She’s working right now, but I sent anyway. Ill let you know if/when she responds.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 12, 2021 at 7:04pm

Thank you so much! :)

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Permalink Reply by Michael Lee on August 12, 2021 at 9:13pm

On the right it says Hiroshima. On the left Genbaku Dome “atomic bomb dome”

It is a memorial site.

https://www.google.com/search?q=広島原爆ドーム&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 14, 2021 at 2:44pm

Thank you Michael. It an Omamori C. 1955. Omamori are a type of good luck charm sold in Japan at Shinto shrines and Bhuddhist temples. They are said to provide good fortune, health, wealth, peace, love, academic or other success, virility, fertility, protection or happiness.  They may depict or refer to everyday mundane matters but are regarded as ritually scared and are said to hold Busshin (spiritual offshoots) in a Shinto context or Kesshin (spiritual manifestations) in a Buddhist context. Omamori are sometimes hung on trees or from eaves within the shrine or temple or sometimes displayed at home in a butsudan or a tokonoma alcove. There were three temples very near the northwestern corner of the Genbaku Dome and I am hoping to learn which this might have come from.

Thank you,

Eric

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Permalink Reply by Mark Adams on August 14, 2021 at 7:18am

Hi Eric,

If no answers here. Post it on www.asianart.com

That's a asian art forum. There is a member named Nagy. He is very excellent with deciphering Japanese etc.

I contribute there a lot also but not with Japanese calligraphy.

Regards,

Mark 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 14, 2021 at 2:53pm

Thank you Mark,

I've posted it there. It appears an excellent resource so I appreciate it.

Best wishes,

Eric

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