Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Wooden Boxed Brown Karin IN38 bon dance Kawamoto-sei (Made by Kawamoto)

Kawamoto-sei (Made by Kawamoto)

usually used as a background for displaying Hina dolls during the Girl's Day Festival

Corners are broken

There is a decorative bright red border with what appears to be tassels and chrysanthemums

5 cm long x 70 cm wide

Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Wooden Boxed Brown Karin IN38 bon dance Kawamoto-sei (Made by Kawamoto)Vtg Japanese Buddhist Senko Incense These are vintage Japanese Buddhist o senko, incense sticks cased in a wooden box. In the box, sticks are cased in eight paper tubes wrapped in paper. One tube contains about sixty five sticks; about five hundred and twenty sticks in total. It has a gold inscription on the box lid. The scent of incense sticks is said to feed and purify the deceased, and the smoke delivers prayers and thoughts to the ancestors and