Japanese Shikishi Art Board Vtg Mikan Orange Fruit Blue Black Green A639 sometstuke Mountain scenery

Mountain scenery

This particular fan is by the artist Issei Yamauchi and features a bunch of yellow nemophila (Baby Blue Eyes) flowers and leaves made from layers of washi paper

Kanji reading: Yoro soshibu zenken Gifu kenro

Signature (Maki-e artist Koshu Nakamura)

Item weight: 659 grams

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Vtg Mikan Orange Fruit Blue Black Green A639 sometstuke Mountain sceneryJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This Japanese shikishi art board represents some painted mikan, oranges. The oranges have some attached leaves painted in black and green. The background is blue purple. This shikishi is signed on the top left. It comes in a dedicated washi paper cover. There are three basic types of shikishi papercalligraphy (poem, haiku) only, calligraphy with pictures, and pictures only. Since the Heian period, people have been