Japanese Shikishi Art Board Vtg Painting Mouse Kimono Bell Mallet Black A760 taiko likely a hibiscus or a

likely a hibiscus or a camellia

Golden pine and plum design on brown lacquer case

Kanji means someone's name

7 x 26 x 11

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Vtg Painting Mouse Kimono Bell Mallet Black A760 taiko likely a hibiscus or aJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This is a Japanese shikishi art board representing two mice dressed in human clothing. One mouse is carrying a lucky mallet (Uchide no kozuchi) and the other one is pulling a bell. It is painted in black and white. 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