Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Crab Gray White Black Sumie Family A717 jubako Tools used during ceremonies

Tools used during ceremonies

Japanese spinning top

Some discoloration from use

Scratches (center)

Folded size 27 cm x 24 cm x 3 cm

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Crab Gray White Black Sumie Family A717 jubako Tools used during ceremoniesJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This vintage Japanese shikishi art board features crabs. They seem to be spotlighted because of the gray color around them. It is hand painted in a simple black and white style. This shikishi has writing and is signed with 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