Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Metalwork This was once an ash

This was once an ash tray and can now find new life holding incense and making cleaning up ashes a simple affair

The tradition of smoking with a kiseru

The tea caddy is a simple cylinder shape and a wider style natsume measuring approximately 2 1/2" tall by 2 1/2" in diameter (6

Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島 勝之

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Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Metalwork This was once an ashJapanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Tablet for Wishes & BlessingsJapan, mid 20th century to contemporary Fushimi Inari Shrine, KyotoDimensions: 5" x 5" This hand painted Ema () is a traditional wooden votive plaque used at Shint shrines and Buddhist temples across Japan. Worshippers inscribe their prayers or wishes upon these small tablets and hang them at the shrine, where the messages are believed to be received by the