Vtg Japanese Buddhist Equipment Shoko Incense 

This is a Japanese Buddhist equipment Shoko (offers incense or burning incense). Shoko is scented wood chips. It is used by attendants of Buddhist funerals and memorial services in turn to burn it. The scent of incense sticks is said to feed the deceased, purify themselves, and smoke delivers prayers and thoughts to the ancestors and the dead.

• Japanese Buddhist equipment
• Paper box
• Incense
• Item weight: 21 grams
• Packed weight: 221 grams
• C1970
• Approx. box 7 cm long x 7 cm wide x 2 cm thick
• Good condition. Wear and tear due to age. Please see the photos carefully.
• This piece was purchased at the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya

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