Japanese Shikishi Art Board Vtg Chigiri Takehebi Bamboo Snake Toy Green A623 Other - Tool Lucky charms such as warding

Lucky charms such as warding off sickness and disasters

The handle is made of bamboo with wood stopper pins and metal bottom tip

Hinamatsuri (Doll's or Girls' Day) is a religious (Shinto) holiday in Japan

White wood frame

Metal inner vase

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Vtg Chigiri Takehebi Bamboo Snake Toy Green A623 Other - Tool Lucky charms such as wardingJapanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This is a Japanese shikishi art board representing an articulated bamboo snake toy. This shikishi is a collage made of small pieces of paper, including washi paper. It is green, red, black, gold and silver. 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