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Amulet (omamori) made of a piece of paper printed with the temple's stamp and the words for children protection, folded and encased in a holder made of card covered with brocaded cloth with a motif of four-leaf clover and the characters for Amanohashidate and Monju-do on a pale pink background. At the front, the lower section of the case is decorated with the cartoon-like simplified figure of a woman in formal Heian-style clothing made of different coloured pieces of brocaded cloth stuck on card. The amulet is sealed in a clear plastic pouch and attached to a pink silk cord which also has a golden bell hanging on it.

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