Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Boxed Green Shinmainichiko IN29 folk art 5 cm long x 16

5 cm long x 16 cm wide x 17

若狭菊酒造株式会社 Wakasagikushuzou name of Sake manufacturer

This is an original vintage early Showa Era photograph of men in a combination of kimono and suits (likely business owners/town workers/investors) as well as workers' clothes

酔仙 (Suisen)

It is white with red inscriptions and illustrations

Japanese Buddhist Offer Incense Sticks Senko Vtg Boxed Green Shinmainichiko IN29 folk art 5 cm long x 16Vtg Japanese Buddhist Senko Incense These are vintage Japanese Buddhist o senko, incense sticks cased in a paper box. It contains about one hundred and ten sticks, which are bundled with paper. 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 change one's state of mind. Green Paper (box) C1980 Characters on the