Buddhist Altar Fitting Scroll Vtg Shinran Jodo Shinshu Kakejiku Wakigake BA710 tetsurin 25 cm wide x 23

25 cm wide x 23

Western culture entered Japan in the Meiji era

Tsuchi-Ningyo

47 cm long x 32

Buddhist Altar Fitting Scroll Vtg Shinran Jodo Shinshu Kakejiku Wakigake BA710 tetsurin 25 cm wide x 23Vtg Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Scroll This Japanese vintage paper hanging scroll (kakejiku) features an image of Shinran, a Buddhist monk founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect. It is a side scroll, or wakigake, part of a pair of scrolls to be displayed on each side of a central scroll or a statue. It is a powerful religious image, aimed to be at the center of an altar. This kakejiku is dark blue and red with a gold floral pattern. The image is black,