Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Metalwork The tea caddy is a

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

a vertical bank of three small drawers to the right

Depth = 14

Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島 勝之

They measure 9

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Wooden Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 5" Metalwork The tea caddy is aJapanese 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