Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Samurai Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 6" Katanadansu Signature/Seals: printed “Goyō ga”

Signature/Seals: printed “Goyō ga”

Artist: Igawa Sengai (井川洗厓

This depiction underscores his association with wisdom and the knowledge of all things natural

Date to the mid or late Showa era

His influence extended beyond erotic art: he also collaborated with Hiroshige on The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō

Vintage Japanese Ema Votive Plaque Hand-Painted Samurai Shrine Offering Wishes & Blessings 6" Katanadansu Signature/Seals: printed “Goyō ga”Japanese 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