Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Metalwork The tradition of smoking with

The tradition of smoking with a kiseru

This was once an ash tray and can now find new life holding incense and making cleaning up ashes a simple affair

Depth = 14

This bell has an amazing sound that we find superior to most of our other Orin of this size

Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島 勝之

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Metalwork The tradition of smoking withJapanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Tablet for Wishes & BlessingsJapan, mid 20th century to contemporary Fushimi Inari Shrine, KyotoDimensions: 5" x 5" This hand painted Ema () is a traditional wooden votive plaque used at Shint shrines and Buddhist temples across Japan. Worshippers inscribe their prayers or wishes upon these small tablets and hang them at the shrine, where the messages are believed to be received by the