Butsudan (Jap)
Japanese Buddhist home altar cabinet. Traditional Japanese families will normally attend to the Butsudan on a daily basis. A Butsudan is usually made up by the following objects
- Shikimi - flower vase
- Candle sticks, usually a pair
- Koro - censer with lid, for burning of inscense mixtures or without lid, for inscense sticks
- Insence sticks, usually on a dish
- Water, in a stem cup sometimes with lid
- Fruits - a traditional offer
- Sino - bell as prescribed in the Lotus Sutra
- Texts and scripture
- Juzu - meditation necklace
- Litterature, a small selection of holy books
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