Japanese Kokuji charm - “Collections” (收集).jpg
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Japanese Kokuji charm “Collections” (收集), Kokuji charms
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Japanese Kokuji charm “Collections” (收集), This Kokuji charm was created in the year 1937 (Showa 12) presumably by the director of the Japanese mint to serve as a protective amulet, however the authorship of this Japanese charm has been disputed., This Kokuji charm was created in the year 1937 (Showa 12) presumably by the director of the Japanese mint to serve as a protective amulet, however the authorship of this Japanese charm has been disputed. According to the article from which the scan is extracted is said that the shape of this Japanese coin charm resembles the base of the canon emplacements that were used in the past to protect the Japanese shores from pirate ships. Also during World War II (two), the Japanese would write the same Kokuji characters as found on this coin amulet on a piece of paper and then attach it to the roofs of their houses in the belief that the amulet would then protect them from incendiary bombs dropped by bomber aeroplanes from the United States of America.

The author of the article wrote in a statement in "Collections" that he received this charm during the time that he was preparing to leave his village as a soldier in the to go to war against the Chinese fighting in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), a village elder gave him this Japanese coin charm for protection.  

The author stated that he wore this Kokuji charm at his waist because in the traditional Japanese beliefs it is considered that the lower abdomen, as opposed to the area of the heart (as is common in many other cultures), as the centre of life. He claimed that during various moments of life and death during the war, he would proceed to reach down, touch it, and then proceed to pray that it (this amulet) would help him to survive the situation.

After World War II, the usage of this coin amulet continued, as today, the Japanese can go to shops around their country located at various shrines and buy this numismatic charm to carry as a means of protection when they travel, serving a role which is similar to that of the St. Christopher medal carried by travelers in the Occident (The Western World).
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日本の国字チャーム【コレクション】
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国字札は、1937年に造幣局長が保護用護符として作成したとされるが、この国字札の作者については議論がある。抄出記事によると、この鋳銭の形状は、かつて日本の沿岸を海賊船から守るために使われたカノンの飾りの根元に似ているという。また、第二次世界大戦中にも、日本人は、このコインのお守りに書かれた紙に同じ漢字を書いて、お守りがアメリカから爆撃機の飛行機が投下した焼夷弾から身を守るという信念で、家の屋根に貼り付ける。記事の著者は『集成』に、日中戦争における中国との戦争に赴くために、村を離れて兵士になる準備をしている間にこの魅力をもらったとの記述がある(1937-1945年)、村の長老が、この日本の銭の守りの印を贈った。作者は、この黒子を腰に着けていたのは、日本の伝統的な信仰では下腹部が生活の中心として心の部位ではなく、下腹部が考えられているからであると述べている。彼は、戦争中のさまざまな生命と死の間、彼はそれに到達し、触れた後、その状態を生き残るために祈るようになると主張した。第二次世界大戦後もこのお守りは継続され、今日でも日本人は神社の境内にある日本全国の商店に参拝し、旅の時の保護具として持ち歩くことができるようになり、西洋の聖人伝の聖クリストフォロス勲章と同様の役割を果たしている。
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