Japanese Calligraphy Kakejiku

This kakejiku or wallscroll reads When You Have Love, Luck is Not Needed. In Japanese the characters are 愛有運不要　The customer wanted to give this as a Christmas gift. They said the recipient really likes Cherry Blossom season in Japan, so I utilized this beautiful pure silk with a cherry blossom motif. The Ichimonji is a Gold arabesque on a cream color cloth. The Jikusaki are plastic and the hanging string is a light purple called Fuji. If you would like to order a scroll, please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com or go to www.customjapanesecalligraphy.com to learn more.

Customer Love Health Prosperity Wealth Kakejiku

This scroll is for a customer in California. It is written in Gyousho style by Yoshimi Yamada Maples (Ryugyoku). I used a light green cloth with a brown Ichimonji based on the customers home decor. If you would like a custom scroll made, please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com 

To provide more opportunities for customers, we have developed a photo frame in a wall scroll format called Tapestry Frame. Visit us at www.tapestryframe.com to see more information about ordering this unique photo frame. 

Gift Wall Scroll or Kakejiku

This scroll was commissioned as a gift.

If you would like to order a custom scroll there are three ways to get started: 1. Go to my shopping site at www.shop.customjapanesecalligraphy.com 2. Download my scroll design workbook from my website at www.customjapanesecalligraphy.com to read about the concepts behind kakejiku or wallscroll design. 3. E-mail to me directly at sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com 

It reads 詩宗 Shisou with the name David St. John, as the names appear in the Japanese Bible written in katakana on the left hand column.  Shisou  means master poet. This is a gift for a prominently published modern poet, David St. John. You can read about him at the following link. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/149 The third left hand line bears my wife's calligraphy signature name Ryugyoku and her Hanko.

What stands out most about this scoll, is the use of black cloth. Athough not common, it is not unheard of. The ichimonji selected has a very large karakusa pattern, and is a gold on creamy white. I make this extra large for several reasons, but primarily to give good spacing between the Honshi and the Kireji.

I not only enjoyed making this scroll, but got introduced to some good poetry in the process, which is always educational and inspires me to become better.