Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque Ema Vtg Monkey Horse Hanging Wish Shinto EM55 katakuchi ladle (Hishaku): 5 cm cup

Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque Ema Vtg Monkey Horse Hanging Wish Shinto EM55 katakuchi ladle (Hishaku): 5 cm cupVintage Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque, Ema This vintage Japanese ema plaque has an illustration of a monkey dressed in kimono walking a horse. It also has some inscriptions in black and red. Ema is a small wooden plaque used at Shinto, and sometimes Buddhist shrines, that worshipers can write their wishes, hopes, and dreams on. Once written, it is hung on a special wooden stand or tree where the kami (spirits or gods) are thought to receive them.

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