Ema - Votive Painting of a Gift Horse

Hand painted Ema left at Shinto shrines for the deities to hear prayers. Ema were originally all pictures of horses, a black horse for more rain or a white horse for less. This Ema depicts a black horse wearing a red harakake. Mineral pigment Sugi - Japanese cedar wood 20th Century 7.25" x 5.75" x ".25 (width, height, depth)