Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Crab Gray White Black Sumie Family A717 surikogi 13 cm long x 12

13 cm long x 12

Date and the family name are handwritten on the box

Made so that it can be dipped in water to keep cool on a hot day

We acquired this item from the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya

is depicted as a standing man with an empty sack

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Crab Gray White Black Sumie Family A717 surikogi 13 cm long x 12Japanese 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