Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque – Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Vase such as misogi

such as misogi

and light shrinkage to wood consistent with display and age

sophisticated reference to the tradition of textile-within-textile representation in Japanese decorative arts

xīshuài lóng) of rectangular form

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque – Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Vase such as misogiJapanese Ema Votive PlaqueJapan, mid 20th century to contemporaryDimensions: 5. 25" x 3. 5" 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 practice dates back to the