Love Japanese Style Like We Do Join our VIP Club & get 10% Off - https://japandownundervip.com This listing is for a pair of regular size Japanese shikishi art boards depicting Raijin & Fujin, the Japanese wind & thunder gods. They are silk screen prints of sections of the famous national treasure folded screens, titled, Wind God & Thunder God, which was painted by Tawaraya Sotatsu (1570-1640). The gods have been silk screen printed onto high quality, gold, washi paper shikishi boards in Kyoto style. They come wrapped in a special tatoushi, a washi paper jacket, in the same style of the washi jacket used to wrap & store kimono. This paper absorbs moisture & protects the prints from mold. The title of the screen painting is printed on the front of the tatoushi jacket. These gods are a legend in Japan. All Japanese children imagine the thunder god, Raijin, exactly as portrayed in this painting. They are afraid when warned by their parents to watch out, as the thunder god will will steal their belly button! The high quality printing & lovely presentation of this shikishi set makes it a really lovely Japanese gift. - measure 24.2 cm (9.52) x 27.2 cm (10.7) - weighs 240 gm. (listing for the two art boards only) Click this link to check out other shikishi art boards & frames: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JapanDownUnder?ref=shop_sugg§ion_id=26130116 SHIPPING INFORMATION - please read the shipping notes in our shop announcement. LINK TO OUR ETSY HOMEPAGE: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/JapanDownUnder?ref=search_shop_redirect SHIKISHI BOARDS Shikishi boards are made from fine handmade washi paper laminated to hard board backing. They are edged with a strip of gold paper & are used for sumi-e paintings, haiku poems, calligraphy & watercolor paintings. There are also silk screen & 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 & seasonal events. Paintings of flowers, animals, fish, vegetables, lucky images, events, such as Hina Matsuri. boys day, bean throwing day & 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 & yearly festivities, from within their own home. Japanese shikishi were traditionally attached to a hanging scroll & 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 & also give you the freedom to make a display in any room you like! TAWARAYA SOTATSU Tawaraya Sotatsu (1570-1640) was a Japanese painter & designer of the Rinpa school. Sotatsu is best known for his decorations of calligraphic works by his partner Honami Koetsu (1558-1637) & his spectacular bybu folding screens, such as National Treasures Wind God & Thunder God & his painting of the Sekiya & Miotsukushi chapters from The Tale of Genji. He also made popular a technique called tarashikomi, in which a second layer of paint is applied before the first layer is dry. Wind God & Thunder God is a pair of two-folded screens made using ink & color on gold-foiled paper. It depicts Raijin & Fujin, the fearsome Japanese gods of weather. Japanese history is filled with devastating typhoons & storms that have wiped out communities & caused terrible damage. As a result, Raijin & Fujin are both feared & respected for their power over nature. Wind & Thunder God Shikishi Board, Japanese Art Print, Silk Screen Print
