Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Reproduction The whole set was made

The whole set was made with great care for details that Japanese arts are known for

Artist Biography — Arai Yoshimune II (新井芳宗

and in 1907 a juror for the first Bunten

Great as a stand alone piece of art with calligraphy or for use as a vase with more than a century of history

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Reproduction The whole set was madeJapanese 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