Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Bronze Flower Vase Vtg Butsugu Brown BA213 Lantern Packed Weight: 690 grams

Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Bronze Flower Vase Vtg Butsugu Brown BA213 Lantern Packed Weight: 690 gramsJapanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Flower Vase This is a bronze flower vase, hanatate, for Buddhist altars. It is a vessel for Sakaki leaves or Shashagi leaves. The meaning of offering sakaki tree leaves is that we believe the gods living sakaki tree will protect the grave and the soul. It is also common to offer a range of seasonal and symbolic flowers in front of the altar. It has elegant images of peacocks on the sides as well as two small handles.

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