toy; plaque (art)

Ema (plaque) with horse, Japan. Tsuruoka Hachimangu on the left is the name of the shrine. The red stamp on the right says the same. Probably from the year of the horse. Tsuruoka Hachimangu (鶴岡八幡宮) is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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