Unknown Artist | Pair of Cranes

Artist: Unknown/Unread
Date: Mid- 20th Century
Title: Pair of Cranes
Medium: Watercolour on Shikishi
Size: 26.75cm x 23.75cm

Shikishi are a special type of square card paper used for writing poems and drawing illustrations, and in other cases mounting various types of prints to, including wood block prints and japanese are of all types. In some cases the shikishi has flakes of precious metals woven into the threads of the washi (traditional japanese paper).