Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Wooden Boxed Green Oko IN49 chabitsu Kanji on ema: 室生寺金堂 muroji

Kanji on ema: 室生寺金堂 muroji gondo Golden Hall of Muroji Temple

It is along the western coast of Wakayama on Wakayama Bay

28 cm wide x 21

Green outlined leaves on upper brown glaze background

This two-panel kashigata mold is carved with the design of a pair of fukujusou

Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Wooden Boxed Green Oko IN49 chabitsu Kanji on ema: 室生寺金堂 murojiVtg Japanese Buddhist Senko Incense These are vintage Japanese Buddhist o senko, incense sticks cased in a wooden box. In the box, there are seven bundles of sticks, and one bundle contains about sixty five sticks; about four hundred and fifty five sticks in total. The scent of incense sticks is said to feed and purify the deceased, and the smoke delivers prayers and thoughts to the ancestors and the dead. Incense is also used to purify a space or to