Emma: The Votive Pictures of Japan

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Excerpt from Ema, the Votive Pictures of Japan W72486 jwhose back no mortal man might ever ride this sacred horse was reserved for the sole use of the spirit of the departed hero. The people were taught to worship this spirit and to solicit his favor by praying before the horse, as well as by a generous disbursement of cash to buy him all the beans he could eat. There were many shrines, however, that could not afford to buy a white horse, and it was thought that the next best thing to do would be to get a picture of one, hang it in the porch, and teach the people to worship that. Hence the name mm, from e, picture, and 2mm, horse, - giving picture-horse. No colors were used in painting them they were always white. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.