Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Usubata This tiny tansu is made

This tiny tansu is made of solid Keyaki (zelkova - Japanese elm) on all outside faces

It measure 2 1/4" long with a shaft opening of 1/4" (5

There are some areas of past stains

Medium: Etching (intaglio on paper)

No visible losses or repairs

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Usubata This tiny tansu is madeJapanese Ema Votive Plaque Sanjusangendo KyotoJapan, mid 20th century to contemporaryDimensions: 4. 75" x 4. 75" This hand painted Ema () is a traditional wooden votive plaque used at Shint shrines and Buddhist temples throughout Japan. Visitors purchase these small tablets, write their wishes or prayers upon them, and hang them at the shrine, where they are believed to be received by the kami (deities) or Buddhist figures enshrined there. The