Japanese Zodiac Shikishi Art Board Painting Horse Monochrome Black White A596 7 lucky gods Outside of the window can

Outside of the window can be seen some green leaves of a tree

Osaka Prefecture around 1975

The bamboo frame is painted black

This vintage Japanese wooden kokeshi figurine represents a girl

The glaze is grayish in color and finely cracked technic

Japanese Zodiac Shikishi Art Board Painting Horse Monochrome Black White A596 7 lucky gods Outside of the window canVintage Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This is a vintage Japanese zodiac shikishi art board. It is hand painted and features a horse painted with black ink. It is a monochrome style. This shikishi art board is signed with two red seals. 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