Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Usubata The polish is worn

The polish is worn

consistent with traditional thin-tea containers used in Japanese tea ceremony

Born a peasant with no surname

Medium: Etching (intaglio on paper)

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Usubata The polish is wornJapanese 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