Tenugui (Shinme)Description This tenugui, titled Shinme, features a sacred horse from Shinto tradition. In Japanese belief, the shinme is the divine horse that a god rides when entering the human world. Since the Nara period, people have dedicated horses to shrines as offerings for protection, prosperity, and other prayers. Even today, many shrines preserve sacred horse stables or statues, and some still care for living divine horsesreflecting the deep connection