Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Boxed Green Aloeswood IN22 Arita yaki 13 cm long x 24

13 cm long x 24 cm wide x 1

This doll sits on a wooden lacquered stand decorated with maki-e art on the front

9 cm wide x 1 cm tall

the Japanese have lovingly called them akizakura

[Full] 72 cm tall

Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Boxed Green Aloeswood IN22 Arita yaki 13 cm long x 24Vtg Japanese Buddhist Senko Incense These are vintage Japanese Buddhist o senko, incense sticks. It contains about seventy sticks. The sticks are loose and cased in a paper box. It is made in Hong Kong, but released by the Japanese brand, Nippon Kodo. 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 change one's