Vintage Japanese Shikishi card featuring a hand-painted floral design. The artwork depicts a large, elegant purple clematis flower with vivid, soft-textured petals radiating from a detailed center.
Clematis is often associated with inner beauty and mental resilience. Despite its delicate appearance, it climbs and thrives with strength, symbolizing a quiet fortitude. Sometimes clematis represents a journey or travel, both literal and emotional, often associated with love and relationships that evolve over time as well.
The painting style is traditional and graceful of nihonga (Japanese-style painting), with light, airy brushwork and a subtle gradient in color.
