Sendan wood Lense beads & Blue Tiger eye Japanese Traditional Juzu Buddhist Prayer beads
No. JUA23
Material : Sendan wood & Blue Tiger eye , Silk cord
Head bead : about 19mm
Main bead : about 16mm
Diameter : about 90mm (not stretch)
Handmade in Kyoto, JAPAN
In Japan, Buddhists have Prayer beads (Juzu, Nenju). Kyoto is famous as a producing center of Prayer beads.
Prayer beads are a traditional tool used to count the number of times a mantra is recited, breaths while meditating, counting prostrations, or the repetitions of a buddha's name.