Japanese Zodiac Shikishi Art Board Painting Yellow Tiger Blue Eyes Tail Up A603 table Wood carving figurine

Wood carving figurine

Kanji reading: Yoro-cho suido setsubi kyodo-kumiai

30 cm wide x 2 cm tall

This is a storage stand/box for the traditional Japanese string instrument called a Shamisen

Japanese Zodiac Shikishi Art Board Painting Yellow Tiger Blue Eyes Tail Up A603 table Wood carving figurineVintage Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This is a vintage Japanese zodiac shikishi art board. It is hand painted and features a cat looking tiger. The tiger is yellow with black stripes and blue eyes. The design has some red details. This shikishi art board is signed. There are three basic types of shikishi papercalligraphy (poem, haiku) only, calligraphy with pictures, and pictures only. Since the Heian period, people have been writing waka and