Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Bell Flower Kikyo Blue White Green A819 commorant fishing This vintage Japanese shikishi art

This vintage Japanese shikishi art board is a black calligraphy of a poem embellished with glued fabric pieces

attendants

This piece is typically placed in front of a Buddhist altar

There are details such as clothing and feet

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Bell Flower Kikyo Blue White Green A819 commorant fishing This vintage Japanese shikishi artJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This Japanese hand painted shikishi art board features blue and white bell flowers, or kikyo in Japanese. This shikishi is signed with a name and a red seal. 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 haiku on Shikishi paper (various sizes), but in the Meiji period, they started