Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Kingfisher Bird Flowers Pink FL380 takamakura It has a lovely natural

It has a lovely natural dark brown stain that accentuates the wood's grain

Small tears upper edge

Bell weight 106 grams

when the hotpot/shabushabu/stew/etc has fat or scum floating on the surface

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Kingfisher Bird Flowers Pink FL380 takamakura It has a lovely naturalJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This vintage Japanese shikishi art board is hand painted with a colorful flying kingfisher (kawasemi in Japanese) and floral elements such as an osmanthus (kinmokusei) tree and flowers, likely hibiscus or cotton. This big sized shikishi comes in a paper cover. It is signed and has a red seal. There are three basic types of shikishi papercalligraphy (poem, haiku) only, calligraphy with pictures, and pictures only.