Japanese Wooden Shinto Ema Plaque Tegata Vtg Tanka Poem Hagi Yamaguchi EM109 shamoji Imperial Japan Army Post Service

Imperial Japan Army Post Service Society Metal Pin Badge

The outside is covered with silk in a red and gold pawlonia leaf pattern

Slight imperfection on the glaze

Design: Buddhist monk Rennyo

The front latch features an embossed image of birds with flowers and pine trees

Japanese Wooden Shinto Ema Plaque Tegata Vtg Tanka Poem Hagi Yamaguchi EM109 shamoji Imperial Japan Army Post ServiceVintage Japanese Wooden Decorative Plaque This vintage Japanese wooden souvenir plaque features illustrations of the castle town Hagi in Yamaguchi. On the back, it has calligraphy and a Japanese poem Tanka by Shoin Yoshida, a Samurai in the late Edo era. This plaque has a bell and a red and white 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