Intuit Small Business Competition

I have entered my company, Custom Japanese Calligraphy in a small business competition and would ask you all to give me votes.

Which scroll would you use and why?

 This is a cuckoo...

 This is a long tailed Magpie

 These are migrating geese with a moon.

 Three persimmons.

A waterfall.

Peace Calligraphy Scroll

This scroll is available for sale. It is priced at $150.00 for inquiry please contact sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com . Some may wonder, well I can buy a scroll for less on many other sites. Perhaps true, but my scrolls are made by hand and take about one entire day of labor to complete. 

This work was written on paper by Ryugyoku (Yoshimi Yamada Maples) in the Semi cursive style called Gyousho. I will also be showing this at the American Bonsai Society Convention in Saratoga Springs NY. I framed it in the three step style called Sandan Hyougu. I used some pure silks for this scroll, and that is the reason for the $150.00 price. The middle cloth costs about $100 per meter. But I really like the quality of these cloths. The kakehimo is Kodai San Iro, and the kakejiku is a Shitan (Rosewood) Enshu, which has a concave shape and a lip on the far edge. I think it turned out very beautifully.

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	113	13.48
上中廻し	Ue Chuumawashi	30	3.58
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	12	1.43
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	78	9.30
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	105	12.53
柱	Pillars	10	1.19
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	8	0.95
下中廻し	Shita Chuumawashi	20	2.39
地	Chi	70	8.35
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	98	11.69
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	346	41.27

Martial Arts Order

This was a kakejiku order for a Martial Artist in the Western US. In the beginning, he wanted to order a plain light green cloth, but I had this in stock and thought it would be better. It is written in the Semi-cursive style called gyousho and reads 練習　Renshu or Practice. In the original translation I was thinking to use the word Kunren or training, but I felt this was more appropriate as it is more individual. It is written by Ryugyoku (Yoshimi Yamada Maples).

It is completed with a Kurenai (Deep Crimson) dull lacquer wood jikusaki and a takuboku Hanging string. It was an enjoyable order to get finished.
Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	114	13.60
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	12	1.43
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	77	9.19
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	106	12.64
柱	Pillars	10	1.19
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	6.5	0.78
地	Chi	70	8.35
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	97	11.57
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	308.5	36.80

Native American Scene #3 ABS Wallscroll

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This is the last in my Native American series of Kakejiku for the ABS
convention. It is painted by Mariusz Szmerdt.
Dimensions:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	114	13.60
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	12	1.43
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	100	11.93
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	297	35.43
柱	Pillars	10	1.19
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	8	0.95
地	Chi	65	7.75
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	120	14.31
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	496	59.17

Hawk Winter Sumie

 This is a picture of a Hawk. It is not clear or detailed, but the brushwork is very powerful. In some ways, too powerful to be displayed with a bonsai, but we will see if there are any at the convention that will match to this painting. It was drawn by Natsuko Horinouchi.

I mounted the painting in a simple Fukuro Hyougu style, with a white cloth to help show off the black dots in the painting that to me represent snow and the dark image. I then finished it with a black plastic jikusaki and a Kon Hanging String.

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	115	13.72
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	85	10.14
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	295	35.19
柱	Pillars	15	1.79
地	Chi	55	6.56
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	115	13.72
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	465	55.47

柿の実 Persimmon Fruit Wallscroll

This painting was done by Mariusz Szmerdt, a polish artist. I like his painting techniques and ability to capture many different ideas and images. He is very talented. This is one in the series done for the American Bonsai Society convention in Saratoga Springs NY.ever

When framing this I was thinking in reverse to put it in the fall season. Most of the Persimmon's I ate in Japan were in the early winter. So for me this was about the Harvest. The scroll starts with mimicking the fruit color with the Ichimonji which has a gold on orange background. It is then fallowed by the cloth with gold cloud pattern...This is by far the most expensive cloth I have purchased and is easily at $150 per yard...It is finished with a shike Ten/Chi in a Khaki/Gold color. The jikusaki are Bamboo, and the Hanging string is light gold...
Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	112	13.36
上中廻し	Ue Chuumawashi	69	8.23
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	10	1.19
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	81	9.66
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	100	11.93
柱	Pillars	17	2.03
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	7	0.84
下中廻し	Shita Chuumawashi	50	5.96
地	Chi	70	8.35
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	115	13.72
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	408	48.67

I know I have my ideas of how I will display it, but what do you think?