Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Daruma Portrait Zen Buddhist Black A713 abacus dark brown

dark brown

21 cm long x 15

a mountain in the Setonaikai National Park in Okayama

Japanese army war medal

Previous owner's mark

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Daruma Portrait Zen Buddhist Black A713 abacus dark brownJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This vintage Japanese shikishi art board features a portrait of Bodhidharma, or Daruma in Japanese. 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 haiku on Shikishi paper