Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Fish Sweetfish Ayu River Stream A723 signed Antique Japanese Land And Building

Antique Japanese Land And Building Sales Contract

This vintage open rectangular box is originally made for transporting soumen (a type of thin noodle)

Design: Kannon

This is for keeping powder-type incense (Shoko) It is also used in tea ceremonies and Buddhist ceremonies

Metal decoration on top of drum peeling

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Fish Sweetfish Ayu River Stream A723 signed Antique Japanese Land And BuildingJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This vintage Japanese shikishi art board features sweetfishies. They are going upstream in a blue river. It is hand painted. This shikishi is signed with a red seal. There are some writings on the back. 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