Vtg 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, gray, green, blue, and red.

• Blue, red, gold, black, gray, green
• Paper, silk, metal, wood
• C1950
• Item weight: 15 grams
• Packed weight: 200 grams
• Approx. 24.5 cm tall x 11.5 cm wide x 1.2 cm thick
• Good condition considering age. Stains. Wrapped. Some damage at the top (paper on the top wooden part). Wear and tear due to use. Please see the photos.
• This piece was purchased at the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya, Japan 

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