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Ezeni - Hachiman Daijin
| Location | Japan |
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| Type | Token |
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| Obverse description | Cast design depicting Hachiman, the Shinto god of war, seated facing forward wearing a court headdress and with a quiver of arrows visible on his back, flanking the central square hole. Below the hole, a horse is shown facing, rendered in low relief against a plain field. The composition fills the entire obverse around the central aperture. |
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| Reverse description | Four large Chinese characters arranged in the four cardinal positions around the central square hole, reading clockwise from the top: 八 (above), 大 (right), 幡 (below), 神 (left), forming the legend 八幡大神 (Hachiman Daijin). The characters are bold and cast in high relief against a plain field. |
| Reverse script | CJK |
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