Japanese 19th Century Esoteric Buddhist Ritual Implement - Open Vajra (12.7 cm length)

Acquired from an overseas collector. Estimated age: 19th Century. A religious artifact with a century of history. Features an open, five-pronged design. Total length: 12.7 cm. Weight: 181 grams. Made of brass alloy. Hand-carved and finished. A ritual implement showing signs of age from actual practice. An antique over a hundred years old. One prong has a slight bend and crack. Several prongs are deformed. This Japanese Esoteric Buddhist ritual implement features a common engraving of four rings around the middle section of the vajra. These four rings represent the four eyes of Dainichi Nyorai (Mahavairocana), subduing all demonic obstacles... ********************************** Regarding the energetic resonance of ritual implements, I do not possess a sensitive constitution. Whether it's ancient Tibetan Purba or Vajra, or even Japanese Esoteric Buddhist single-prong, three-prong, or five-prong vajras, I feel nothing at all. However, when I acquired a large number of Tibetan vajras this year, I also obtained a few Japanese ones. One evening, while handling a single-prong vajra, I casually placed it under my pillow before sleeping. Unexpectedly, that night I dreamt of a fire ritual scene, smelling the scent of burning pine resin. As I often burn broken amber and beeswax prayer beads for friends in recent years, allowing them to learn the aroma of genuine beeswax amber when burned... In the dream, I paid special attention to the scent... three times in a row... Thus, I confirmed in my dream that it was indeed the scent of burning resin like pine or beeswax... Upon waking at dawn... after more than 30 years... having handled countless ritual implements... always feeling dull and unresponsive... I was able to receive a dream-like resonance from this single-prong vajra... A fellow collector from the south once remarked: "The spiritual power of Japanese practitioners surpasses that of Tibetans. Do not underestimate Japanese ritual implements..." On December 7, 2024, a Taoist brother who has long practiced spiritual cultivation and meditation visited. He sensed the energy of several ritual implements I possessed, both Tibetan (11th-18th century) and Japanese old vajras. Upon holding them, he couldn't stop yawning uncontrollably, saying, "The energy is so powerful..." Then he looked at me with disbelief. He asked if I felt nothing when touching these ritual implements. After sensing them, he took photos to show his master. He then listened as I explained the age and acquisition price of each ritual implement. The next morning, he sheepishly requested to purchase three Japanese Esoteric Buddhist ritual implements (single-prong, three-prong, and five-prong vajras) from me. He noted that the energetic resonance of Japanese ritual implements was almost as powerful as that of Tibetan ones, but the price difference was enormous, much like the price disparity between Tibetan Dzi beads and West Asian beads. He believed that Japanese ritual implements would be more affordable. On December 19, 2024, he traveled north specifically to see me and reported that the night he brought these Japanese ritual implements home, he placed two by his bedside. He then dreamt of two divine dragons, one large and one small, appearing within the vajras. Having cultivated his senses for many years, he was truly greatly surprised this time. ********************************** On December 18, 2024, I made an offering to Master Ugyen Khenpo at the dharma center. I inquired if there were any practices in Tibetan Buddhism involving the three-prong vajra. The Master said that only householder yogis engage in contemplation. It is purely a meditative practice, visualizing the three-prong vajra in the mouth. In reality, the ritual implement itself is not used. 12000-114.05.01