Antique Japanese Wooden Kamidana Shinto Home Shrine God Prayer Shelf Brown BA502 table Design: Buddhist image Bosatsu and

Design: Buddhist image Bosatsu and red ink stamps 'Goshuin' given at temples and shrines

Some marks on the frame

This book has been filled between 1930 and 1940

Stains on the back

so please do not select surface mail for this item

Antique Japanese Wooden Kamidana Shinto Home Shrine God Prayer Shelf Brown BA502 table Design: Buddhist image Bosatsu andAntique Japanese Shinto Shrine Kamidana This is an antique Japanese Shinto home shrine, or kamidana. It is a miniature shrine that is placed in Japanese homes and is believed to house a fragment or connection point to kami, or god of a shrine of the owner's choosing or affiliation of a business. These shrines are always placed above eye level and away from doorways or anywhere someone may walk under. It is also unanimously understood that kamidana be