Buddhist Altar Fitting Scroll Vtg Shinran Jodo Shinshu Kakejiku Wakigake BA710 chirirenge 5 cm long x 21

5 cm long x 21 cm wide x 6

This piece is signed on the bottom

) mark on the glaze on the rim

This piece is signed with a red seal

190 cm long x 60 cm wide (ends) x 54 cm wide (paper)

Buddhist Altar Fitting Scroll Vtg Shinran Jodo Shinshu Kakejiku Wakigake BA710 chirirenge 5 cm long x 21Vtg Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Scroll This Japanese vintage paper hanging scroll (kakejiku) features an image of Shinran, a Buddhist monk founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect. It is a side scroll, or wakigake, part of a pair of scrolls to be displayed on each side of a central scroll or a statue. It is a powerful religious image, aimed to be at the center of an altar. This kakejiku is dark blue and red with a gold floral pattern. The image is black,