Black Dragon Sumie on Silk Mounted in Kakejiku

This is another dragon painting by an artist in Virginia. I think he does very good detailed work. The colors on this were so vivid. I had to spray an extra fixative, but there was still a small smudge of blue that occurred during the mounting, which makes me very upset. Otherwise this turned out really nice.

I had originally thought to use two separate cloth patterns. One would be a light green with a very small pattern and a green ten/chi. I thought this would go well with the leaves in the painting...but when I put the cloths up next to the painting, I decided it was too much of a good thing and the green would drown out the dragon. The other is what you see in the picture. It is a gray/silver cloth with a nami (wave) pattern. The Ten/Chi is a shike cloth, and it was done in the Yamato Hyougu format for the scroll. I completed it utilizing the Kodai Saniro hanging string, and used resin jikusaki, that mimics the color pattern of real ivory.

I think this scroll turned out nicely.
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Sanso Collection Rosetsu Tiger

This scroll is a print of the original painted by Japanese artist Rosetsu. This small snippet about the artists life is provided by Wikipedia. 
Nagasawa Rosetsu (長沢芦雪, 1754–1799) was an 18th-century (Edo period) Japanese painter of the Maruyama School, known for his versatile style. He was born to the family of a low-ranking samurai. He studied with Maruyama Ōkyo in Kyoto.
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nagasawa_Rosetsu

The customer requested this scroll to be made into a Yamato Hyougu format. I really like the interplay between the gold and brown cloths and the subtle resin Jikusaki that looks like ivory. 

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Sanso Collection #142 Small Landscape with man on bridge by Gyokudo

This is another print done of the original. It is a small painting by the Japanese artist Gyokudo. Below is some information about the artist.

 Kawai Gyokudō - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kawai_Gyokudō Kawai Gyokudō (川合 玉堂, November 24, 1873 – June 30, 1957) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the nihonga school, active from Meiji through Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Kawai Yoshisaburō.

This scroll has three distinct cloths. It is in the Butsu Hyougu style. The purple gives feelings of the Autumn season with the deep golds. The dark cloth compliments the overall feel of the scroll.