Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Metal Flower Vase Hanatate Butsugu Gold BA647 shippo pattern This is a red-colored drawer

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Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Metal Flower Vase Hanatate Butsugu Gold BA647 shippo pattern This is a red-colored drawerJapanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Flower Vase This is a vintage small metal flower vase, hanatate, for Buddhist altars. It is common to offer a range of seasonal and symbolic flowers in front of a Buddhist altar. It is also a vessel for Sakaki leaves or Shashagi leaves in Shinto. The meaning of offering sakaki tree leaves is that the gods living in the sakaki tree will protect the grave and the soul. This particular vase is very simple in design with no