First Name Translation Kakejiku

 This scroll was made for a bonsai artist. She wanted to do a painting, but decided it was too difficult to choose what she wanted for her tree. She decided to do a translation of her first name into Japanese. This is written in Gyousho or Semi-cursive style for the name Phyllis.
夫 ふ Fu Mrs. Or Husband Wife
里 り Ri Hometown Village, or One’s Parents Home
主 すSu Lord
Mrs. Lord/Master of one’s Hometown, is how I interpreted it. Yoshimi is in Japan at the moment, so I have not confirmed if this would be her interpretation of the characters. The scroll is done with a beautiful gold on cream large Karakusa (arabesque) ichimonji and a cloth that is grey/periwinkle with a purple pattern running throughout.
Dimensions:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	117	13.96
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	8	0.95
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	37	4.41
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	106	12.64
柱	Pillars	18	2.15
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	5	0.60
地	Chi	80	9.54
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	73	8.71
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	316	37.70

Second Scroll with Name

This is the second scroll with a name on it. I love this cloth....it is a very beautiful plum color with an ivy/flower design. As a result I used a flower pattern in the Ichimonji to give a similar effect. The writing is done in a Gyousho, semi cursive style. You can see the cloth and Jikusaki upclose here.
Scroll Dimensions as follows:
Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun (Inches)


天 Ten 105 (12.53)

上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 11 (1.31)

紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 76 (9.07)

紙本の長さ Artwork Length 105 (12.53)

柱 Pillars 23.5 (2.80)

下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 6 (0.72)

地 Chi 68 (8.11)

掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 123 (14.67)

掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 295 (35.19)

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Other name scrolls are listed here:
http://www.wallscroll.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-name-in-japanese-kakejiku.html

http://wallscroll.blogspot.com/2009/09/welchko-last-name-translation.html
http://www.wallscroll.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-name-written-on-shikishi.html

Martha First Name Translation in Sousho or Grass Style Writing

This scroll was a commissioned scroll and is already sold. To work on designing your own scroll, contact Jonathan Maples at sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com.  

This is for the name Martha. It was translated phoenetically as Maasa or マアサ in Hiragana. Because it is a foreign word, it would be more appropriate to list it as ﾏｰｻ in katakana. It was decided to use the characters 真 which is in the word truth, reality or genuineness. The second character used was 晨 which is a character indicating activity and vibrancy.

The tan color of the scroll is complemented with a black kakehimo and black wooden lacquered jikusaki which give the scroll an extra look of elegance in its design.