Japanese Lacquered Wooden Shinto Prayer Bell Suzu Vtg Red Tassels Brown BA243 Shogi An Oshibori is a wet

An Oshibori is a wet towel or cloth

Packed weight: 892 grams

Comes with a plastic box

Discoloration and stains (icon picture and back)

小林済(Hitoshi Kobayashi)

Japanese Lacquered Wooden Shinto Prayer Bell Suzu Vtg Red Tassels Brown BA243 Shogi An Oshibori is a wetVintage Japanese Shinto Prayer Bell This is a Japanese Shinto prayer bell, or suzu. Suzu are hung above offertory boxes in shrines and often have a thick rope or ribbons hanging down. One shakes the rope to ring the bell which grabs the Kami's attention before praying. This bell is lacquered with a caramel like brown very common of the Hida shunkei style. It has a braided rope with two red tassels. Brown, red Wood, lacquer, string C1970 Item weight: