User:Donald Trung/Japanese numismatic charms

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[[File:91619 SMVK EM objekt 1015101.jpg|thumb|right|Japanese coin-like amulets on display at the [[Museum of Ethnography, Sweden]].]] '''Japanese numismatic charms''' (also known as ''Japanese [[amulet]]s'', ''Japanese [[talisman]]s'', or simply ''Japanese charms'') refer to a family of cash coin-like and other numismatic inspired types of charms that like the [[Korean numismatic charm|Korean]] and [[Vietnamese numismatic charm|Vietnamese variants]] are derived from [[Chinese numismatic charm]]s (also referred to as ''Yansheng coins'' or ''huāqián''), but have evolved around the customs of the [[Japanese culture]] although most of these charms resemble [[Japanese mon (currency)|Japanese cash coins]] and the amulet coins of China, they contain their own categories unique to Japan. == Kokuji charms == Japanese numismatic charms can include characters never used on any official coins such as [[Kokuji]], which is a national script unique to Japan similar to [[Gukja]] in [[Korea]] or [[Chữ Nôm]] in [[Vietnam]], these charms were usually given by village elders to soldiers when they left to fight in the [[Second Sino-Japanese war]] and [[World War II]], currently these charms are being used by travellers for supposed protection and are usually sold by shops at shrines.<ref> "Zhong Guo Hua Qian" by Yu Liu Liang etc. (ISBN 7-5325-1220-7), page 498, coin No. 2180.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://primaltrek.com/blog/2011/07/08/japanese-charm-with-unknown-characters/|title= Japanese Charm with Unknown Characters.|date=8 July 2011|accessdate=19 June 2018|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref><ref>Collections (收集) – August 1992 issue.</ref><ref> [http://f.hatena.ne.jp/nikogori12/20090509220715 The Kokuji characters on the coin]. Retrieved: 19 June 2018.</ref><ref>Charm.ru (Chinese Coinage Website) [http://www.charm.ru/u.htm Japanese charm]. Comments by Vladimir Belyaev, John Liang, Tan Kuan Yang Gilbert, and Y.K. Leung. Published: 1997. Retrieved: 19 June 2018.</ref> == Japanese numismatic Buddhist charms == {{See also|Chinese numismatic charm#Buddhist charms and temple coins|Buddhism in Japan}} Japanese numismatic Buddhist charms are [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] charms often shaped like cash coins and bear inscriptions asking various figures from the Buddhist faith for blessings or protection, these inscriptions typically have a legend like "大佛鐮倉" ("(The) Great Buddha of [[Kamakura]]").<ref>{{cite web|url= http://primaltrek.com/blog/2011/07/01/japanese-charm-of-the-great-buddha-of-kamakura/|title= Japanese Charm of the “Great Buddha of Kamakura”.|date=1 July 2016|accessdate=19 June 2018|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> The Buddhist "且空藏棄" Japanese numismatic charm cast during the years 1736-1740 in [[Japan]] during the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] dedicated to the [[Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva]] based on one of the favourite mantras of [[Kūkai]] is frequently found in China. Ākāśagarbha one of the 8 immortals who attempts to free people from the cycle of [[reincarnation]] with compassion. These coins were brought to China in large numbers by Japanese Buddhist monks, another Japanese Buddhist charm frequently found in China has the inscription "南無阿彌陀佛" ("I put my trust in (the) [[Amitābha Buddha]]").<ref>{{cite web|url= http://primaltrek.com/buddhist.html#japanese_buddhist_charms|title= Buddhist Charms - 佛教品壓勝錢 - Buddhism in China.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate=12 May 2018|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref><ref>The Language and Iconography of Chinese Charms - Chapter "Temple coins of the Yuan Dynasty" pp 149-161 Date: 10 December 2016 [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-1793-3_8?no-access=true Temple Coins of the Yuan Dynasty.] Vladimir A. Belyaev , Sergey V. Sidorovich. Retrieved = 14 June 2017.</ref><ref>Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia [http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/Buddhist_Symbols Buddhist Symbols]. Retrieved: 12 May 2018.</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Commonscat|Japanese numismatic charms}} {{Asian numismatic charms}} [[:Category:Asian numismatic charms]] .

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(Sad) notes

"The moment you realise that there are almost no English language sources that cover non-Chinese Asian numismatic charms, and in fact those that do almost exclusively concern themselves with Chinese charms, amulets, and talismans. I guess that I will have to publish sub-par articles for the time being, others can expand on them." - Donald Trung, from this edit summary.