Mini shikishi frame, buying smoked sugi wood tabletop frame with glass cover, japanese interior

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mini shikishi frame, smoked sugi wood tabletop frame with glass cover, japanese interior

(listing for frame only)

This listing is for a lovely free standing frame made especially for mini sized Japanese shikishi board art. The handmade frame is constructed from a light, smoked, Japanese sugi wood and it has a glass cover. The back of the frame is a hard cardboard and clips out to easily place the shikishi in the frame case. The bottom feet swivel around, so when the frame is not in use it can be packed flat into it's storage box. It has a nice old world, rustic feel and looks good together with other vintage and antique goods.

Once you have your frame buying you can change around your shikishi art boards to suit your mood and the seasons. Please take a look at some of our lovely shikishi paintings.
- outside of frame measures 20cm (8”) x 19cm (7.5”).
- weighs 240 gm.

Click this link to check out other shikishi frames and shikishi art boards: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/shop/JapanDownUnder?ref=shop_sugg§ion_id=26130116

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SHIKISHI BOARDS
Shikishi boards are made from fine handmade washi paper laminated to a hard board backing. They are edged with a strip of gold paper and are used for sumi-e paintings, haiku poems, calligraphy and watercolor paintings. There are also silk screen and printed shikishi too. The regular size measures 242 mm (9.52”) x 272 mm (10.7”). Lately a mini size, measuring 120 mm (4.73”) x 135 mm (5.32”) has also become popular.

Traditional shikishi art is based around the seasons and seasonal events. Paintings of flowers, animals, fish, vegetables, lucky images, events, such as Hina Matsuri. boys day, bean throwing day and New Year can be found. Japanese people rotate around the paintings to reflect the season, making a display to keep themselves in touch with the beauty of nature and yearly festivities, from within their own home.

Japanese shikishi were traditionally attached to a hanging scroll and displayed in the tokonoma of a formal Japanese tatami mat room. Recently people do not have a tokonoma so some lovely frames for shikishi have become available. They still give you the option to change around your art according to the seasons and also give you the freedom to make a display in any room you like.

JAPANESE GANSAI WATERCOLORS
The colors of traditional Japanese gansai watercolors are different from those of European transparent watercolors. Japanese paints are based on colors that can actually be seen in nature, which explains the abundance of blues and greens in gansai paintings. The colors give a calm and peaceful feeling to the viewer because they are not overly saturated.