Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Samurai Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 6" Paper Fitted with a concealed drawer

Fitted with a concealed drawer

These tubes

Medium: Lacquered wood with gold maki-e and nashiji

This is an antique Japanese Imari ceramic sake cup or Sakazuki

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Samurai Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 6" Paper Fitted with a concealed drawerJapanese Ema Votive PlaqueJapan, mid 20th century to contemporaryDimensions: 6" x 4" 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 practice dates back to the Heian