Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque Ema Vtg Shinto Hanging Wish Benzaiten Snake EM26 Chopstick holder Some of the gold paint

Some of the gold paint is worn

The gap between top and side

People are fishing on a bridge and there is some buildings nearby

Antique Edo Era C1880 Japanese Porcelain Large Plate

Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque Ema Vtg Shinto Hanging Wish Benzaiten Snake EM26 Chopstick holder Some of the gold paintVintage Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque, Ema Ema is a small wooden plaque used at Shinto, and sometimes Buddhist shrines, that worshippers can write their wishes, hopes, and dreams on. Once written, it is hung on a special wooden stand or tree where the kami (spirits or gods) are thought to receive them. This ema plaque has a picture of Benzaiten strumming her biwa lute on a white snake ship. She is one of the Seven Lucky Gods (shichifukujin) and