Japanese Buddhist Altar Spiritual Tablet C1940 Lacquer Wood Ihai Black BA833 lacquer Wavy cut on the bottom

Wavy cut on the bottom rim

Japanese teapot

7 cm long x 10 cm wide x 0

Another interpretation meanwhile interprets the eleven heads as symbolizing the eleven kinds of ignorance (avidyā) that plague sentient beings and which the bodhisattva removes

Items weight: 57 grams

Japanese Buddhist Altar Spiritual Tablet C1940 Lacquer Wood Ihai Black BA833 lacquer Wavy cut on the bottomVtg Japanese Spiritual Tablet Ihai This is a vintage Japanese black lacquered wood ihai, or mortuary spiritual tablet. It features the Dharma name or kaimyo, a posthumous name given to dead people, on the front. The name is almost erased but still partially visible. This tablet was once embellished with gold foil, now tarnished. Ihai mortuary tablets are usually placed inside butsudan Buddhist altars in Japanese houses. Black, gold Wood, lacquer 1942