Home Butsudan Gohonzon
Standard size paper Gohonzon for personal home butsudan altars, inscribed by authorized calligraphers. Essential for private Nichiren Buddhist practice of daimoku recitation. Covered by 9810.00.95.00 for private religious observances.
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