Suminagashi

Suminagashi, paper marble, was a Rokugani method of aqueous surface design, which could produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone.

Scrolls
The Phoenix used this art to create their most sacred scrolls. shugenja invoked kami to affect their work, and willing spirits moved the ink as it floated in a bath of water, and then their designs were soaked into the parchment's fibers.