Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque – Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Vase Ainu Nipopo cultural guardian figures

Ainu Nipopo cultural guardian figures hand carved in Hokkaidō

Please note: The bar scale seen in the last picture is NOT included in this listing

5" H × 10

On one side

H (25 × 10 cm)

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque – Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Vase Ainu Nipopo cultural guardian figuresJapanese Ema Votive PlaqueJapan, mid 20th century to contemporaryDimensions: 5. 25" x 3. 5" 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