Saturday, February 27, 2016

Ichinen Sanzen Scroll

This scroll is for sale at $150.00 (Shipping Included). To purchase this scroll contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com It is a phrase in Japanese Buddhism which is described in the following link as http://www.sgi.org/about-us/buddhism-in-daily-life/three-thousand-realms-in-a-single-moment-of-life.html,
The renowned sixth-century Buddhist scholar T'ien-t'ai (538-97) developed a meditative practice to enable people to perceive the boundless extent of their lives at each moment. He also developed a theoretical system to describe this reality. He called this "three thousand realms in a single moment of life" (Jpn. ichinen sanzen).Ichinen sanzen demonstrates that the entire phenomenal world exists in a single moment of life.
The number three thousand is arrived at through the following calculation: 10 worlds or potential conditions of life, which are each mutually inclusive (10 x 10) x 10 factors x 3 realms of existence.
The scroll is made of a pure silk cloth with a green brown mandala type pattern in it. The blue ichimonji was used to symbolize the 3,000 realms. It is written in a Gyousou style.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Tansaku Kake Scroll

The tansaku is a size of paper. This is to hang shikishi that are in the tansaku size. It is a very narrow scroll. It is made of two shouken cloths. The chuumawashi is a cocoa with a diamond shaped karakusa (arabesque). The top is a golden hue pure silk.

The scroll is finished with a kokutan, (ebony) jikusaki and a kincha hanging string.

Mounting the scrolls in this styles allows one to change the pictures only and not the entire scroll. I have not put the painting in this scroll on purpose for the purchaser.

Dimensions as follows:


Friday, February 5, 2016

Small Tansaku sized Wallscroll

This was a refurbished scroll for a customer from the GSBF in 2015. It is a Yamato style looking painting with a poem, river and cherry blossoms.

It is mounted in the three step (Sandan Hyougu) style. The chuumawashi cloth is a dark brown with an Ivy and Chrysanthemum arabesque. The ichimonji has a wave pattern and is gold on white background. The ten/chi is a khaki colored benberugu cloth. It is finished with rosewood jikusaki and the Kodai Saniro hanging string.

Dimensions of the scroll as follows:
Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun Size in Inches
天 Ten 114 13.60
上中廻し Ue Chuumawashi 39 4.65
上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 12 1.43
紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 19 2.27
紙本の長さ Artwork Length 118 14.08
柱 Pillars 18 2.15
下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 8 0.95
下中廻し Shita Chuumawashi 23 2.74
地 Chi 72 8.59
掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 55 6.56
掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 374 44.61