Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Usubata It measure 2 1/4" long

It measure 2 1/4" long with a shaft opening of 1/4" (5

This tiny tansu is made of solid Keyaki (zelkova - Japanese elm) on all outside faces

intact rayskin and wire

No visible losses or repairs

There are some areas of past stains

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Usubata It measure 2 1/4" longJapanese 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