Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Wooden Boxed Green Oko IN44 cap Gogatsu-Ningyo (May dolls) are amulets

Gogatsu-Ningyo (May dolls) are amulets wishing for the health and growth of children that are displayed at the Boys' Festival

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Wear on the edges and some discoloration on front and back side from storage and handling

Stains and marks on cover

A man riding a black cow

Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Wooden Boxed Green Oko IN44 cap Gogatsu-Ningyo (May dolls) are amuletsVtg Japanese Buddhist Senko Incense These are vintage Japanese Buddhist o senko, incense sticks cased in a wooden box. In the box, there are seven bundles of sticks, and one bundle contains about sixty five sticks; about four hundred and fifty five sticks in total. The scent of incense sticks is said to feed and purify the deceased, and the smoke delivers prayers and thoughts to the ancestors and the dead. Incense is also used to purify a space or to