Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Black Bird Cormorant River Stream A686 cosmetics box Blue kimono fabric on the

Blue kimono fabric on the front and back covers

some cracks

7 cm wide x 5

bottom the plate

tea scoop (Chashaku): 18

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Black Bird Cormorant River Stream A686 cosmetics box Blue kimono fabric on theJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This vintage Japanese shikishi art board is hand painted with a blackbird or cormorant on a river stream. This shikishi is signed with a red seal. Cormorants are a popular image in the Gifu area as they are trained and used for fishing on the rivers. This practice is called "ukai". There are three basic types of shikishi papercalligraphy (poem, haiku) only, calligraphy with pictures, and pictures only. Since the