Ema - Votive Painting of a Gift Horse
Hand painted Ema left at Shinto shrines for the deities to hear prayers. Ema were originally all pictures of horses, a black horse for more rain or a white horse for less. This Ema depicts a black horse wearing a red harakake.
- Mineral pigment
- Sugi - Japanese cedar wood
- 20th Century
- 7.25" x 5.75" x ".25 (width, height, depth)
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Ema - Votive Painting of a Gift Horse
Ema - Votive Painting of a Gift Horse
Hand painted Ema left at Shinto shrines for the deities to hear prayers. Ema were originally all pictures of horses, a black horse for more rain or a white horse for less. This Ema depicts a black horse wearing a red harakake.
- Mineral pigment
- Sugi - Japanese cedar wood
- 20th Century
- 7.25" x 5.75" x ".25 (width, height, depth)
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Hand painted Ema left at Shinto shrines for the deities to hear prayers. Ema were originally all pictures of horses, a black horse for more rain or a white horse for less. This Ema depicts a black horse wearing a red harakake.
- Mineral pigment
- Sugi - Japanese cedar wood
- 20th Century
- 7.25" x 5.75" x ".25 (width, height, depth)






















