Ema (絵馬) Painting

Ema (絵馬) are small wooden plaques, common to Japan, in which Shinto and Buddhist worshippers write prayers or wishes. The ema are left hanging on special boards at the shrine, where the kami (spirits or gods) are believed to receive them. They often carry images or are shaped like animals, or symbols from the zodiac, Shinto, or the particular shrine or temple. Once inscribed with a wish, Ema are hung at the shrine until they are ritually burned at special events, symbolic of the liberation of the wish from the writer. If you look closely you’ll see that this particular sheet of washi (Japanese paper) contains dried ‘Sakura’ (Japanese cherry blossom) flowers. In Japan you will often find these specialty papers that have little pieces of nature embedded in them. This is done during the production process which, for paper like this is still done completely manually. This mixed media painting on authentic, handmade Japanese Washi paper from Mino that has real sakura leaves embedded into it. The painting is created using a combination of image transfer and acrylic paints and mediums. The artwork is shipped unframed, rolled in a tube, it is signed on the front and has title, date, artist name on the back. It comes with a signed certificate of authenticity from the artist Be advised that colors and brightness depend on your monitor and the digital picture may be slightly different from the original work of art. The artist retains all reproduction and copyrights.

Painting:Acrylic on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:18 W x 25 H x 0.1 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.