Japanese Hanging Scroll Vtg Kakejiku Sosho Loose Calligraphy Poem Black KJ72 portrait It is a natural brown

It is a natural brown clay color with painted red and white accents

Some of the characters: 毘

Packed weight: 313 grams

24 cm long x 42

[With Card] 10 cm wide x 7 cm tall

Japanese Hanging Scroll Vtg Kakejiku Sosho Loose Calligraphy Poem Black KJ72 portrait It is a natural brownJapanese Hanging Scroll Kakejiku This vintage Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku or makimono) features calligraphy of poems written in the sosho loose style. Three different stripes of paper are pasted on the base of the scroll. Kakejiku is a Japanese picture or calligraphy mounted on a piece of paper. It was a tool to spread Buddhism in Japan and has been integrated with Japanese culture as interior decoration. Tokokake is used at the Tokonoma in