Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque Ema Vtg Goten-mon Gate Sanzen-in Temple EM77 chopstick Shikishi design: Poetry

Shikishi design: Poetry

Silver paper with hand-painted pine tree picture design

The back is blank and the top edge has gold foil

Utagawa Hiroshige's paintings were called Hiroshige Blue because a beautiful blue color characterized them

Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque Ema Vtg Goten-mon Gate Sanzen-in Temple EM77 chopstick Shikishi design: PoetryVintage Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque, Ema This vintage Japanese ema plaque features an illustration of the Goten mon gate of the Sanzen in temple in Kyoto. The ema board has some inscriptions with the name of the location and an attached purple braided cord. Ema is a small wooden plaque used at Shinto shrines, and sometimes Buddhist temples, that worshipers can write their wishes, hopes, and dreams on. Once written, it is hung on a special wooden