Kakejiku for Girls

 This kakejiku was another order from the Nihon Matsuri in Salt Lake. This was for a girls room with the character Suki (to Like). She selected a cotton cloth with girls in kimono playing, that I purchased from Numaya in Japan. It is paired with a Green Ichimonji, Ivory Plastic Jikusaki and a gold hanging string. If you are interested in having a custom scroll made, please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com or call/text to 801-214-4064.

Wedding Gift Wallscroll

I made this scroll as a wedding gift for a customer. It has Love and Joy, written in Kaisho style by Yoshimi Ryugyoku Yamada. It is a maru hyougu style scroll, finished with rosewood (enshu) style machined jikusaki and a Ouka (cherry blossom) color hanging string.

If you would like a custom scroll made for you contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com or call to the number on the website at www.customjapanesecalligraphy.com

Heisei (Serenity) Japanese Calligraphy Kakejiku

This scroll is going back East. It was ordered through my online shop, with a black cherry blossom cloth. The writing is Serenity in Japanese full cursive calligraphy. (Sousho) I enjoyed making this scroll for the customer. It is completed with Rosewood Jikusaki and Usukincha (Light gold) hanging string.

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	105	12.53
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	11	1.31
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	78	9.30
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	107	12.76
柱	Pillars	20	2.39
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	7	0.84
地	Chi	65	7.75
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	118	14.08
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	295	35.19

If you have questions I can be reached at info@customjapanesecalligraphy.com

Aiki Kakejiku or Wallscroll

This scroll was made for an Aikidouka. The first character is Bu, the second character is San (production or Birth) and the the last two are the characters used for Aikidou. It is completed with the light gold Hanging String and the Ebony wood jikusaki.

Dimensions as follows:
Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun (Inches)


天 Ten 118 (14.08)


上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 14 (1.67)


紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 53 (6.32)


紙本の長さ Artwork Length 220 (26.24)


柱 Pillars 20 (2.39)


下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 8 (0.95)


地 Chi 70 (8.35)


掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 93 (11.09)


掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 430 (51.30)

Dee Teller #9 Sing (Spirit Woman)

This is the ninth painting of Dee Teller's exhibition titled Asia Speaks. http://www.paradisecenterforthearts.org/gallery/exhibitions/

It is titled Sing (Spirit Woman). I felt this needed a more neutral cloth, so I selected a flower pattern with a light brown. I used a gold on gold Ichimonji to keep the focus on the painting. The Jikusaki are bamboo. This is a large scroll.

 

Dimensions as follows:
Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun (Inches)


天 Ten 115 (13.72)

上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 15 (1.79)

紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 220 (26.24)

紙本の長さ Artwork Length 424 (50.58)

柱 Pillars 17 (2.03)

下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 8 (0.95)

地 Chi 75 (8.95)

掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 254 (30.30)

掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 637 (75.99)

Spirit Woman Shodo Kakejiku Dee Teller Number 5

This is the fifth scroll in a series by Dee Teller. Her writing and work is very fluid and beautiful. This is titled Spirit Woman, and the second character is definitely easy to read as woman or onna in Japanese 女. The first character is in a Full cursive, and I need to confirm with the artist what the characters are.

For this scroll, I thought it would be best to use the most informal scroll style and mounted the art in a Fukuro Hyougu style. The slightly off white silk with the peach colored paper provides an inconspicuous backdrop for the scroll. I used black suji that are 0.5 bun, to border the Top (Ten) and Bottom (Chi) sections of the scroll. It is finalized with a resin jikusaki that really mirrors a true ivory, without having to kill any elephants...

Scroll Dimensions are as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	69	8.23
筋	Suji	0.5	0.06
天	Partition Bottom	45	5.37
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	76	9.07
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	212	25.29
柱	Pillars	20	2.39
地	Chi First Partition	24	2.86
筋	Suji	1	0.12
地	Middle Partition	15	1.79
地	Bottom Partition	40	4.77
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	116	13.84
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	406.5	48.49

Jiko Ryu Karate Wallscroll

This custom scroll will be going to the United Kingdom. It turned out very nicely. I especially love the deep gold on gold Ichimonji of this scroll. It provides a mellow, yet distinct and royal contrast. It has a beautiful and simple navy silk cloth with plastic ivory jikusaki and a Gold Brown Hanging String.  The writing is in a Kaisho style written by Yoshimi Maples. (Ryugyoku) If you are interested in having a custom scroll designed and made for you please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com Dimensions of the scroll below.          Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun (Inches)

天 Ten 86 (10.26)

上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 8 (0.95)

紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 54 (6.44)

紙本の長さ Artwork Length 218 (26.01)

柱 Pillars 18 (2.15)

下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 5 (0.60)

地 Chi 58 (6.92)

掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 90 (10.74)

掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 375 (44.73)

Dojo Pictures

This customer ordered two scrolls for their dojo and several shikishi for student rank advancement awards. I love it when customers provide the details of their custom handmade kakejiku or hanging wallscrolls.

Tenbatsu-Divine Punishment Scroll

This scroll was ordered directly from my online shop at http://www.shop.customjapanesecalligraphy.com/ It is headed somewhere in the deep Southeast of the US.

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

The most interesting fact on this scroll is that my wife sure saved me a lot of headache. When the customer asked for Divine Punishment, I had no idea that there was a Japanese phrase for this. I did nail the second character batsu, but if it had been left to me to do the translation it would have been Shinbatsu...Like God, or the same character of Kami in Kamikaze...

Fortunately, I have a wonderful wife to help me get the Japanese correct. This scroll is written in the Kaisho, block print style. It is a beautifully written work and I am proud at how this scroll turned out. The darker antique cloth is complemented with a large gold on white ichimonji. The customer chose the black hanging string which is quite beautiful as well.

Scroll dimension given in the bun measurement.
Ten = 82
Ueichimonji = 13
Shihon no Habasa = 76
Shihon no Nagasa = 105
Hashira = 23
Shitaichimonji = 9
Chi = 58
Total Scroll Width = 122 (14.55 Inches)
Total Scroll Length = 267 (31.85 Inches)