Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Daruma Portrait Zen Buddhist Black A713 abacus once used on the battlefields

once used on the battlefields by Japanese warlords

Stains and light paper damage on paper

This stone has a beautiful radiant-like pattern on the front

It has a smooth

Japanese army war medal

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Daruma Portrait Zen Buddhist Black A713 abacus once used on the battlefieldsJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This vintage Japanese shikishi art board features a portrait of Bodhidharma, or Daruma in Japanese. It is hand painted in a simple black and white style. This shikishi has writing and is signed with 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 on Shikishi paper