Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Pine Tree Cicada Summer Green A726 rabbit This is a Japanese Shinto

This is a Japanese Shinto prayer bell

Showing off its natural light brown color and even wood grain

Set of 4 pieces

There is scraping on the striker

Kanji reading: Ogaki zeiu renraku kyogikai

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Vtg Pine Tree Cicada Summer Green A726 rabbit This is a Japanese ShintoJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This vintage Japanese shikishi hand painted art board represents a pine tree with a cicada. This piece is signed with names and red seals. There is some writing on the back. 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 (various sizes), but in the Meiji