Antique Japanese Mortuary Tablet Ihai
This is an antique Japanese mortuary tablet Ihai. A mortuary tablet is a place the spirit is enshrined. This type of Ihai (with a double door) is called Miyabi. This mortuary tablet (Kai de Ihai) can hold several deceased people in one place: it contains 3 white wood plates with names and/or dates written on them. The front plate is the one seen on the pictures. It has the name of the deceased, the date of the death and the age at that time.
We acquired this item from an old family estate sale in Nagoya, Japan
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