Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque Ema Vtg Buddha Offering Life Feed Tigers EM64 framed katagami 5 cm long x 22

5 cm long x 22 cm wide x 6 cm tall

Japanese pot

Japanese lacquered bamboo tray

making it easier to pour sake

The handle is fixed to the body and cannot be folded

Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque Ema Vtg Buddha Offering Life Feed Tigers EM64 framed katagami 5 cm long x 22Vintage Japanese Wooden Shrine Plaque, Ema This vintage Japanese ema plaque has an illustration of Shashin shinko, literally meaning "offering one's body to feed tigers", a story featured in the Golden Light Sutra. Buddha is falling down from a cliff and there are three tigers on the bottom. The ema plaque has some inscriptions in red. Ema is a small wooden plaque used at Shinto shrines, and sometimes Buddhist temples, that worshipers can write their