sacrificial offering
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ema 絵馬
votive tablet


D 211 880
"horse picture hall" = ema-dô - Mishima-taisha shrine

Ema (e = "picture", uma / ma = "horse") means illustrated wooden plaques given as votive offerings to shrines and temples. In ancient Japan, there was the practice of presenting horses when praying for something, but this later changed to offering votive pictures of horses. At present, there are other pictures besides horses drawn on wood.

D 273 343
picture of horse ema - Sakurayama-hachiman-gû shrine
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 273 344
ema - Sakurayama-hachiman-gû / Takayama City
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 273 348
horse / ema - Sakurayama-hachiman-gû / Takayama  (3)
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 273 346
ema - Sakurayama-hachiman-gû / Takayama  (4)
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 273 345
ema - Sakurayama-hachiman-gû / Takayama  (5)
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 273 347
ema - Sakurayama-hachiman-gû / Takayama  (6)
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 273 345
"horse picture hall" = ema-dô - Mishima-taisha shrine 
Weihgaben / Shintô

ema, which can be bought to write on wishes or anything else
D 211 886
Mishima-taisha shrine- Minamoto Yoritomo
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 233 254
white horse in Chiryû-jinja - Chiryû
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 256 605
inari shrine in Kamakura
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 256 576
Zeniarai-benten shrine - Kamakura
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 237 198
"Shintô rite of passage" = omiya-mairi at Takeda-jinja shrine
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 258 468
festival ox - Kinkaku-ji temple
ema / sacrificial offerings
J 239 394
Akama-jingû shrine - Antoku Emporer (1178-85)
ema / sacrificial offerings

J 228 378
ox / cow - Dazaifu-tenman-gû
ema / sacrificial offerings
J 228 379
large votive picture with an ox on it - Dazaifu-tenman-gû  (2)
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 258 098
dragon - Hakone-jinja
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 258 095
priests + white horse - Hakone-jinja shrine
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 258 096
Benten sitting on a dragon - Hakone-jinja
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 256 066
Zôjô-ji temple in Winter
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 233 255
Chiryû-jinja shrine - Chiryû
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 233 253
Chiryû-jinja - Chiryû  (2)
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 244 292
Ôi-jinja shrine in Shimada
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 238 679
white dog in Tamura-jinja shrine in Tsuchiyama
ema / sacrificial offerings

J 209 289
shrine in Inuyama
ema / sacrificial offerings
J 209 276
shrine in Inuyama  (2)
ema / sacrificial offerings

H 236 049
mable
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 226 741
Futami-ga-ura
ema / sacrificial offerings

J 228 365
Dazaifu-tenman-gû shrine
ema / sacrificial offerings
J 221 150
Enryaku-ji temple - Kyôto
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 214 766
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ema / sacrificial offerings
D 208 451
monkeys
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 240 194
S
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 244 294
Ôi-jinja in Shimada
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 211 885
shrine in Kamakura
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 215 501
Zeniarai-benten - Kamakura
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 211 884
shrine in Kamakura  (2)
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 211 883
Zeniarai-benten - Kamakura  (2)
ema / sacrificial offerings

J 235 173
confucius temple Yushima-Seidô - Tôkyô
ema / sacrificial offerings
J 235 173a
confucius / Yushima-Seidô - Tôkyô  (2)
ema / sacrificial offerings
J 235 174
confucius /Yushima-Seidô - Tôkyô  (3)
ema / sacrificial offerings

J 235 124
shrine of fertility in Kamakura
ema / sacrificial offerings
J 235 104
shrine of fertility Ôgata-jinja - Kumaki City
ema / sacrificial offerings

J 235 130
shrine of fertility in Kamakura - painting of phallus
ema / sacrificial offerings
J 235 129
shrine of fertility in Kamakura - painting of phallus  (2)
ema / sacrificial offerings


J 235 127
shrine of fertility in Kamakura - painting of phallus  (3)
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 244 293
Ôi-jinja in Shimada
ema / sacrificial offerings

J 235 009
Hôrin-ji temple / Daruma-dera - Kyôto
ema / sacrificial offerings
J 236 429
Meiji-jingû shrine - Tôkyô
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 244 296
Ôi-jinja in Shimada
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 244 295
Ôi-jinja in Shimada  (2)
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 257 934
Hase-dera - Kamakura
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 257 933
Benten / Benzaiten - Tempel Hase-dera temple
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 253 368
Sakamoto Ryôma
ema / sacrificial offerings

D 252 889
sleeping cat in Nikkô
ema / sacrificial offerings
D 253 361
Sakamoto Ryôma  (2)
ema / sacrificial offerings