Scroll Making Class Student 2

Fortunately, this was a smaller scroll than the other student made. It was a little easier to handle.

They chose the koi pattern cloth with a nice green cloth. The jikusaki are ceramic light green and the Uguisu color hanging string was used. Simple but elegant.

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

Fierce Grace & Dream Chaser

 

 These scrolls were made as companion pieces. They are beautiful, done is a Sandan Hyougu (三段表具）style with some good contrasting elements for a very soothing feel. They are both written in a semi-cursive style, but the second was translated by Yoshimi. The first character is fierceness 猛（もう）or mou can be greatly energetic, fierce or ferocious and 優美（ゆうび）or yuubi can be read as grace or refinement. Fierce Grace.

The Ichimonji is a white on gold, and the purple Chuumawashi cloth has a simple pattern. The Bone colored cloth is a strong contrast with the purple and the Deep Brown stained wood jikusaki. The kakejiku is finished with the Takuboku hanging string.

Dimensions as Follows:

Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun (Inches)


天 Ten 132 (15.75)

上中廻し Ue Chuumawashi 49 (5.85)

上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 7 (0.84)

紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 41 (4.89)

紙本の長さ Artwork Length 128 (15.27)

柱 Pillars 10 (1.19)

下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 4 (0.48)

下中廻し Shita Chuumawashi 38 (4.53)

地 Chi 63 (7.52)

掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 61 (7.28)

掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 414 (49.39)


 

2 Dojo Scrolls with Dragon Cloths

The following scrolls were made for a Dojo just south of where I went to Graduate School (University of Memphis).

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This pair of scrolls is beautifully written in a Gyoushou style. Both scrolls say 雷電 道場 Raiden Dojo, or Thunder & Lightning Dojo. It is very appropriate considering the last name of the Sensei which I will not reveal. One is a Joufuku size scroll and the other is a Yatsugiri size scroll.

The cloths were chosen to blend with the colors of the dojo, which are black, gray and red. The Red Ichimonji particularly stands out and I think provides power to the effect of the scroll.

Two other things you will notice is that the Ten on the Joufuku scroll is particularly long. I did that on purpose so that a full dragon could be on that portion of the scroll. The second relates to the writing. Both Rai and Den have the identical radical. However, Yoshimi chose to write them differently. I asked her why and she said it would be boring to have both in the same gyousho style. There are variations within the Gyousho style, but that is a separate topic.

Dimensions of the scrolls as follows:

Joufuku

Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun Size in Centimeters Size in Inches


天 Ten 195 590.85 23.26

上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 11 33.33 1.31

紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 115 348.45 13.72

紙本の長さ Artwork Length 435 1318.05 51.89

柱 Pillars 18 54.54 2.15

下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 7 21.21 0.84

地 Chi 85 257.55 10.14

掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 151 457.53 18.01

掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 733 2220.99 87.44



Yatsugiri Size Scroll
Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun Size in Centimeters Size in Inches


天 Ten 134 406.02 15.99

上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 8 24.24 0.95

紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 55 166.65 6.56

紙本の長さ Artwork Length 175 530.25 20.88

柱 Pillars 13 39.39 1.55

下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 5 15.15 0.60

地 Chi 80 242.4 9.54

掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 81 245.43 9.66

掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 402 1218.06 47.96