Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Samurai Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 6" Paper It shows the general and

It shows the general and archer Chinzei Hachiro Minamoto Tametomo shown exiled to the island of Ashijima in the Izu region

The Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923 destroyed many of his blocks and sketches

Fitted with a concealed drawer

with jointed traditional construction

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Samurai Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 6" Paper It shows the general andJapanese Ema Votive PlaqueJapan, mid 20th century to contemporaryDimensions: 6" x 4" 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 Heian