Name: Health-Related Votive Tablets from Japan: Ema for Healing and Well-Being
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Author: de Smet, Peter A. G. M. ; Reader, Ian
ISBN: 9789087282523

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Health-Related Votive Tablets from Japan: Ema for Healing and Well-Being

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ian Reader

Peter A. G. M. de Smet

Publisher

Leiden University Press

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.9 x 21.1 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.95 kg.

ISBN13

9789087282523

Synopsis "Health-Related Votive Tablets from Japan: Ema for Healing and Well-Being"

Many Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan sell illustrated wooden votive tablets, known as ema, which provide space for handwritten prayers or words of gratitude and are intended to be left at the sanctuary. This, the first book in English on the topic, reproduces hundreds of contemporary ema designs meant for health-related purposes and places them in their proper religious and medical contexts. It will appeal to anyone interested in Japanese culture or non-Western medicine.