A stone artwork featuring a fish carving from the Heian period. - Design: Carvings of fish and a water scene - Material: Stone - Inscriptions: Heian period characters are carved - Shape: Flat with rounded corners - Age: Antique artwork This is likely an Oga-suzuri, a traditional craft from Ogatsu, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. Oga-suzuri are traditional inkstones with a history of over 600 years. The raw material, Ogatsu stone (also known as Gensho stone), is pure black and glossy, highly resistant to compression and bending, and has a low water absorption rate, making it less prone to deterioration. Due to these excellent properties, it has been used as a material for inkstones since ancient times, and it has also been used as roofing material for Tokyo Station. #stone #artwork #weight #Miyagi #fish #artwork #OgaSuzuri #inkstone #calligraphy #interior