Ema Canvas Print

Ema (絵馬, lit. "picture-horse") are small wooden plaques, common to Japan, in which Shinto and Buddhist worshippers write prayers or wishes. The ema are left hanging up at the shrine, where the kami (spirits or gods) are believed to receive them. Typically 15 cm wide and 9 cm high, they often carry images or are shaped like animals, or symbols from the zodiac, Shinto, or the particular shrine or temple. In ancient times people would donate horses to the shrines for good favor; over time this was transferred to a wooden plaque with a picture of a horse, and later still to the various wooden plaques sold today for the same purpose.Once inscribed with a wish, Ema are hung at the shrine until they are ritually burned at special events, symbolic of the liberation of the wish from the writer

Welcome to my galleries! I'm a professional photographer from Germany.You will find in my portfolio mostly nature images taken throughout my travels(landscapes,birds,animals,wildlife),macro and fine art photography. FAA watermark doesn't get printed. I started photographing when I was 12 and since then it has always been my greatest love and passion.In the last 10 years my photographs and artworks were often published in local newspapers.My photo Gartenromantik was published in http://photographyinspired.com. I have won several national and international photo contests . I shoot only in RAW with Canon 5D Mark III,Canon 90D (since 07/15/2022 also with Canon EOS R5 , Canon EOS R6 and recently,since a month also with Canon R6 Mark II...