Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Elderly Man Smiling Poem Black A668 lacquerware Gold paint worn on lip

Gold paint worn on lip

The girl is wearing a yellow kimono with a red obi belt

Packed weight: 209 grams

These stencils are made from the bark of the mulberry tree and glue extracted from persimmon

5 cm wide x 11 cm tall (20 cm tall handle up)

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Elderly Man Smiling Poem Black A668 lacquerware Gold paint worn on lipJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This vintage Japanese shikishi art board is hand painted with the face of an elderly man smiling. It has a calligraphed poem on the top. 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