Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 7" Hibachi With original presentation box

With original presentation box

gilt relief

4cm) thick

The board produces a clean sharp pachi sound when stones are placed

this is a 2011 reprint

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 7" Hibachi With original presentation boxJapanese 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