Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Ox Ushi Gray Monochrome Zodiac Animal A554 iris Design: Boat and water etc

Design: Boat and water etc

White clay inlaid on the carved or stamped pattern

Kuro-oribe

Item weight: 62 grams

This is a vintage cast iron baking mold for making monaka shells

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Ox Ushi Gray Monochrome Zodiac Animal A554 iris Design: Boat and water etcVintage Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This item is a vintage Japanese zodiac shikishi art board. It is hand painted and features a sitting ox painted in a monochrome drawing style. There is a calligraphied message on top of the ox and the shikishi art board 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