Yugen Japanese Calligraphy Kakejiku

This is a scroll for a customer in the backyard of Utah. He is a massage therapist and this is part of the concept of his practice.

The writing is Yugen, which means subtle grace; hidden beauty; yugen; mysterious profundity; elegant simplicity; the subtle and profound. It can also be a word for the occult. It is written in Gyousho, which is semi-cursive by Yoshimi "Ryugyoku" Yamada.

The cloth is white with a small ivy karakusa (arabesque). The ichimonji is blue with a gold koi, which has some symbolism in the Koi turning into a dragon. The scroll is a black lacquer with a gold ring around the end. The hanging string is the takuboku pattern (white with blue/black fleck).

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Dimensions of the scroll as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	93	11.09
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	13	1.55
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	77	9.19
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	105	12.53
柱	Pillars	20	2.39
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	8	0.95
地	Chi	55	6.56
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	117	13.96
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	274	32.69

Another Cloudy Moon on Shikishi

This is another cloudy moon shikishi for a Bonsai Artist in the Midwest. It is painted
by Mariusz Szmerdt of Poland. This scroll is in a Nidan Hyougu style. The black center cloth is a Pure Silk (Shoken) and the top/bottom is a dark khaki colored shike cloth. The jikusaki is an ebony (kokutan) and the hanging string is the old three color (Kodai San iro)
Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	86	10.26
上中廻し	Ue Chumawashi	34	4.06
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	80	9.54
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	90	10.74
柱	Pillars	18.5	2.21
下中廻し	Shita Chumawashi	16	1.91
地	Chi	50	5.96
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	117	13.96
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	276	32.92

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Bald Eagle Sumi Painting Wallscroll

This is a commissioned piece painted by Mariusz Szmerdt on a shikishi (hard Matte) paper. It depicts a bald eagle flying away from a forest. It was made for a bonsai artist in the Midwest.

The scroll is made of a reed colored Benberugu silk. The jikusaki are Rosewood, and the hanging string is a light gold. Dimensions as follows.

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	106	12.64
筋	Suji	0	0.00
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	80	9.54
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	90	10.74
柱	Pillars	18	2.15
地	Chi	55	6.56
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	116	13.84
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	251	29.94

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Kaki (Persimmon) Sumi-e Scroll

This is a monochrome painting for a suiseki customer in Southern California. It is a beautiful simple scroll, that will go well with an informal
stone. I hope to see the final installation.

I did this in the Fukuro Hyougu style as it is the most simple for me based on what the customer wanted to present. It has a very dull grey/brown cloth that is nice for a fall feeling. It was painted by Mariusz Szmerdt, and he did an excellent job. The jikusaki is a lacquer that has a red orange tint, to help visually reinforce the painting's theme of a Kaki (persimmon). The suji surrounding the artwork and in the Ten and chi is a light gold, usukin. The hanging string is also an usukin.

Dimensions are as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten (upper)	70	8.35
天	Ten (Lower)	40	4.77
筋	Suji	1	0.12
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	155	18.49
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	327	39.01
柱	Pillars	19	2.27
地	Chi (upper)	20	2.39
地	Chi (middle)	10	1.19
地	Chi (lower)	40	4.77
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	195	23.26
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	512	61.08

Mui Scroll

This is another scroll brushed by Richard Man. It is the character Mui, which in Japanese means Idleness or not working. I do not know if it is the same meaning in Chinese. Hopefully, it is not a reference to how late it was to get these works back to him. I want to get them right, and the size that he demands tells me I need to take more time.

The wallscroll is completed in the Maru Hyougu style. With a gold on green Ichimonji and a Shike cloth that is a reed brown for the Ten and Chi. The hashira are narrow, but the 7 bun typically is wider than that seen on a Gyou no Gyou style scroll. A red lacquer wooden jikusaki and the Old 3 color hanging string complete the work.

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Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	90	10.74
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	15	1.79
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	163	19.44
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	272	32.45
柱	Pillars	7	0.84
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	8.5	1.01
地	Chi	52.5	6.26
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	177	21.11
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	438	52.25