Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 7" Hibachi this is a 2011 reprint

this is a 2011 reprint

With original presentation box

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Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 7" Hibachi this is a 2011 reprintJapanese Ema Votive PlaqueJapan, mid 20th century to contemporaryDimensions: 5. 5" x 7. 25" 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