Japanese Ise Katagami Shikishi Art Board Vtg Decorative Iris Flower Ayame A798 Multi Color prosperous business

prosperous business

1 cm wide

Item weight: 1347 grams

There are characters engraved on the back: Hoki Daisen

Japanese Ise Katagami Shikishi Art Board Vtg Decorative Iris Flower Ayame A798 Multi Color prosperous businessJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This vintage Japanese shikishi features an Ise Katagami cutout picture of two blooming iris flowers (ayame hanashoubu) with stems and leaves. Katagami are used as a means of dyeing beautiful patterns onto silk fabrics and other textiles. There are three basic types of shikishi paper: calligraphy (poem, haiku) only, calligraphy with pictures, and pictures only. Since the Heian period, people have been writing waka