Antique Japanese Buddhist Altar Tablecloth Uchishiki Triangle Uwajoku Maejyoku B Tokoname It is Narumi Bone China

It is Narumi Bone China made in Japan

Looks like a Buddhist monk

It is a small square plate that can also be used as a sweet plate for a tea ceremony

Sticker on the board: Yoshinogawa

Antique Japanese Buddhist Altar Tablecloth Uchishiki Triangle Uwajoku Maejyoku B Tokoname It is Narumi Bone ChinaJapanese Uchishiki Embroidered Buddhist Altar Tablecloth This is an antique Japanese Buddhist altar tablecloth Uchishiki. I think it was probably used around the Taisho era. Embroidered with a picture of a peacock. It has a sticker "special exemption" and "Nagoya Shinbutsu Nui Haku Association". Triangular uchishiki is mainly used by followers of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism as the upper table (Maejyoku) and the front table (Uwajyoku) in the Buddhist altar