Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Samurai Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 6" Paper Medium: Lacquered wood with gold

Medium: Lacquered wood with gold maki-e and nashiji

All the hardware is hand forged iron in a Kakute (square) shape with the burnt lacquer finish

Fitted with a concealed drawer

And weighs over 6lbs

1930s–1940s

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Samurai Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 6" Paper Medium: Lacquered wood with goldJapanese 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