Japanese Shikishi Art Board Vtg Painting Hotei 7 Lucky Gods Buddhist Gray A765 cotton Small stain on the edge

Small stain on the edge

There are small squares with pictures of students that were not present on picture day

Yakushigama (Yakushi kiln)

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Japanese Shikishi Art Board Vtg Painting Hotei 7 Lucky Gods Buddhist Gray A765 cotton Small stain on the edgeJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This Japanese shikishi art board features a portrait of Hotei sitting next to his huge sack. Hotei is one of the Seven Lucky Gods, god of fortune. Hotei was also a Buddhist monk. This shikishi is signed with a name and a red seal. 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