Japanese Lacquered Wooden Shinto Prayer Bell Suzu Vtg Red Tassels Brown BA243 Shogi This is a Japanese vintage

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Japanese Lacquered Wooden Shinto Prayer Bell Suzu Vtg Red Tassels Brown BA243 Shogi This is a Japanese vintageVintage 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: