Japanese Large Wooden Shinto Ema Plaque Vtg Decoration Temple Gate Tiger ST50 siiver It can be used as

It can be used as a chopsticks rest

The poem is about thousands of soldiers crossing a river in the silence

Woven with fine strips of bamboo in a medium brown color

It is unglazed and has a gradient color from dark brown to a terracotta

This piece can be repaired or used as-is

Japanese Large Wooden Shinto Ema Plaque Vtg Decoration Temple Gate Tiger ST50 siiver It can be used asVintage Japanese Wooden Decorative Plaque This is a large vintage Japanese wooden decorative ema plaque with a stand. It features a painting of a temple gate, Nio mon on the front, and a Buddhist sutra on the back. It comes with a paper box. Ema is a small wooden plaque used at Shinto shrines, and sometimes Buddhist temples, which worshipers can write their wishes, hopes, and dreams. Once written, it is hung on a special wooden stand or tree where the