Karate Dojo Scroll

This wallscroll was made for a martial arts dojo back  on the East Coast. It reads Taikyoku Budo Seiya Dojo. The writing is in Kaisho style. I am not happy with the way it turned out, because I only had about a week to make the scroll. This lends itself to many problems in the production process. I hope it hangs well in the long run. If you would like a custom scroll made please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com (just give me more than 3 weeks to make it right!)

It has a brown ichimonji with a large karakusa pattern. The cloth is a benberugu green/gold color with a pine or cloud pattern (depending on who you ask). The scroll is finished with a black lacquer wood jikusaki that has a machined groove near the end. The Kakehimo is the Gold cloth, because it goes well with the Ichimonji.

The picture on the right is how it hangs in the customers dojo. I love how it turned out!

Dimensions are as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	116	13.84
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	16.5	1.97
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	55	6.56
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	222	26.48
柱	Pillars	20	2.39
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	9	1.07
地	Chi	77.5	9.25
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	95	11.33
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	441	52.61

Another Richard Man Wallscroll

This is another work by Richard Man.
This looks to me to be the character 易
In Japanese this can read Yasui or Yasashii which can mean easy. However, it also has a meaning of fortune telling or divination. It looks to be written in Gyousho or Semi-Cursive style.

I made this scroll in the Fukuro Hyougu style, which is simple and elegant. I used a darker gold Suji (ribbon around the artwork) and a lighter reed color cloth. The Hanging string is a Kincha or gold and the Jikusaki are plastic 9 bun pieces.

Obviously he likes his works large this is a chart of the dimensions.

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	114	13.60
筋	Suji	1.5	0.18
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	222	26.48
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	293	34.95
柱	Pillars	8	0.95
地	Chi	75	8.95
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	241	28.75
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	485	57.86

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