vintage japanese shikishi print : catfish hibi deep when your load increases

when your load increases

Packaged in a luxurious letterpress-printed tuck box

pen holder

Composed from gently intertwining ropes of gold and silver

it holds your daily essentials— water bottle

vintage japanese shikishi print : catfish hibi deep when your load increasesIn Japanese mythology, the catfish or namazu () is a giant underground creature who causes earthquakes! Fortunately this rendering by Shinzuo Hashimoto (1876 1943) is of the more languid and graceful variety, with flowing lines and a calming sense of movement. Yokoyama Taikan was a leading figure in the early twentieth century Japanese art world, and this print is from a collection of reproductions of original Japanese artworks presented to him for