Haiga Shikishi – Camellia and Tea Bowl with Seasonal Haiku – Signed by Shigeko (しげこ)

This charming Japanese shikishi painting blends the simplicity of sumi-e with a poetic haiku in the haiga tradition. A delicately painted black tea bowl sits beside a red camellia flower — a subtle symbol of winter. Above is a seasonal haiku about forgetting the ritual purification before a shrine visit in December:

Shiwasu tsuki /
harai sobireshi ya /
hatsumiyamae

"December —
forgot the purification...
before shrine visit."

The work is signed “Shigeko” (しげこ), and stamped with a red square seal containing the character 玉 (“jewel”). Likely a contemporary female haiga artist.

– Date: 1970s–1980s (Shōwa 45–63)
– Medium: sumi ink and watercolor on traditional washi paper board
– Format: original shikishi, approx. 24×27 cm, with gold rim
– Safe and tracked shipping from Latvia (Riga Gallery of Japanese Art CloudyYokomido)


For US buyers: this item enters the United States duty-free.