Buddhist temple

There was a scene where we need to decorate the chapel which Mika prays for their ancestors. They said it is a room within Ako, so I thought it could be just a room with Buddhist alter. But it was going to be a proper little temple as an individual building.

We gathered information what it would be like.

Asano family was Soto sector of Buddhism and their temple are quite gorgeous...

with these golden danglings from the ceiling...

The buyers got many things from Japan and we gathered most of things from what they bought. But needed to make some new things.

Obviously my area was something with letters.

This is a tablet with the after death name written on and it often sit in the alter with Buddha. In my grand parent's house they only had a tablet without any statue of Buddha which is kind of usual for the small house hold nowadays.

I was writing Asano's after death name - which is one of the longest of kind apparently...

Try to fit into the space.

Yes, originally there was a name written on it but I wiped away - which is bad as I can go to hell... And then written it properly with paint.

And assembled with other bits. Its wooden and painted. It did not look that old.

This is only for Asano himself but you can often see the tablet with some names or just to say the ancestor of family of --- .
But they are not always golden like this.

Also the wooden tablets with prayers written. Not quite often we see it nowadays but we found them on many references of 16c and decided to make some.

They can be either as a medallion from Temple/Shrine to protect you, or you write your wishes and give them to temple.

I figured out how big the should be and prop men made some burned wooden tablets. I wrote them in different styles so that looks like written by many people. And magic Aging spray.

We searched and gathered lots of things from prop warehouse to make the room looks like a temple. Incense burner, lights, prayers books, vases and mattresses,,, And had to make some to finish the look.

You can see the tablets in the centre.

It is a shame that we cannot see this on screen - they shot the scene but never appeared. But it looked quite real in the end.