Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Scroll Sold through Bonsai Auction

This is the first scroll I had sell through an auction. Only one bid, but hey who's complaining!
http://wallscroll.blogspot.com/2013/08/another-bird-scroll-for-abs.html
I hope the bonsai artist can display it with a beautiful tree and it will provide a good accent for a display.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Takemusu Aiki Dojo Wallscroll

Here is a kakejiku just completed for a customer on the East coast. They are opening an Aikido dojo and I have completed this scroll for them. It is a very well brushed work in Kaisho style. Very formal and I think it will go well with the dojo. The scroll has a purse silk and and shike cloth Ten/Chi. It is in the Yamato Hyougu style. It is completed with a shitan jikusaki and Kodai Saniro Kakehimo.

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Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun Size in Inches
天 Ten 95 11.33
上中廻し Ue Chuumawashi 34 4.06
上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 14 1.67
紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 104 12.41
紙本の長さ Artwork Length 225 26.84
柱 Pillars 20.5 2.45
下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 9 1.07
下中廻し Shita Chuumawashi 20 2.39
地 Chi 60 7.16
掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 145 17.30
掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 443 52.85