Japan & Korea · c. 300 BCE – today
Ofuda & paper charms
What it is
Paper or wood talismans from shrines and temples placed on the kamidana home altar or pasted by doors. They include the Tsuno Daishi horned-demon print against disease and Gozu Tennō plague charms.Making yours
Wooden slips (kifuda) 15–30 cm, or woodblock-printed paper in black ink with red seals.
Träsnitt, ofuda amulet from JapanJapan
Ofuda 御札Japan
Onominato Shrine Ujikofuda-1
Ofuda amulet from JapanJapan
Ofuda 御札Japan
Chintaku Reifu (鎮宅霊符)
amulet, woodcut, amulet, ofudaJapan
Ofuda 御札Japan
Ōharaeshiki Shugo-fuda - 大祓式守護札
Träsnitt, ofuda amulet from JapanJapan
Ofuda 御札Japan
Ofuda jyuni gatsu nijyugo nichi
amulet, woodcut, amulet, ofudaJapan
Träsnitt, ofuda amulet from JapanJapan
amulet, woodcut, amulet, ofudaJapan
Träsnitt, ofuda amulet from JapanJapan
Träsnitt, ofuda amulet from JapanJapan
Träsnitt, ofuda amulet from JapanJapan
Ofuda amulet from JapanJapanMore from Japan & Korea: Ema votive plaques · Engimono lucky figures · Korean bujeok & norigae
Every type in the gallery
Anything in the gallery can be made, by hand, in the prescribed metal or yours and, where the tradition names an hour, at that hour or with a plain note that it was not. Numbered. Price on commission, quoted first. I reply within one business day.