Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Wooden Boxed Green Oko IN47 Plaster The handle it at curves

The handle it at curves over the top and is made of dark brown dried vines woven together

It is a vibrant example of kutani ware pottery and is from the seikou kiln

Some fading on right side

Handwoven with delicately thin strips of natural-colored bamboo

Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Wooden Boxed Green Oko IN47 Plaster The handle it at curvesVtg Japanese Buddhist Senko Incense These are vintage Japanese Buddhist o senko, incense sticks cased in a wooden box. In the box, there are seven bundles of sticks, and one bundle contains about sixty five sticks; about four hundred and fifty five sticks in total. The scent of incense sticks is said to feed and purify the deceased, and the smoke delivers prayers and thoughts to the ancestors and the dead. Incense is also used to purify a space or to