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ema, Kasuga Taisha

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From: Matt on 2011-09-11 00:21:50

"Ema" means "horse." At one time, an actual horse was a popular offering. Over the centuries, that evolved into an offering of a wooden plaque shaped like a horse's stable from a certain historical era.