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Also known as nōsatsu

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are votive slips, stickers or placards posted on the gates or buildings of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. Unlike , which bear the name of the shrine, bear the name of the worshipper, and can be purchased pre-printed with common names at temples and shrines throughout Japan, as well as at stationery stores and video game centres. were originally made from wooden slats, but have been made of paper since the Edo period.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Senjafuda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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