Showing posts with label Kakejiku with First Name into Japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kakejiku with First Name into Japanese. Show all posts

Saturday, July 28, 2012

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
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
Pillars 18 2.15
下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 5 0.60
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