Finally the Fuutai

The last post was of this scroll in the Sandan Hyougu style.
This is the scroll with the Fuutai in the Yamato Hyougu style.

Which mounting format do you prefer? Explain why...

Black Dragon Sumie on Silk Mounted in Kakejiku

This is another dragon painting by an artist in Virginia. I think he does very good detailed work. The colors on this were so vivid. I had to spray an extra fixative, but there was still a small smudge of blue that occurred during the mounting, which makes me very upset. Otherwise this turned out really nice.

I had originally thought to use two separate cloth patterns. One would be a light green with a very small pattern and a green ten/chi. I thought this would go well with the leaves in the painting...but when I put the cloths up next to the painting, I decided it was too much of a good thing and the green would drown out the dragon. The other is what you see in the picture. It is a gray/silver cloth with a nami (wave) pattern. The Ten/Chi is a shike cloth, and it was done in the Yamato Hyougu format for the scroll. I completed it utilizing the Kodai Saniro hanging string, and used resin jikusaki, that mimics the color pattern of real ivory.

I think this scroll turned out nicely.
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Sanso Collection Rosetsu Tiger

This scroll is a print of the original painted by Japanese artist Rosetsu. This small snippet about the artists life is provided by Wikipedia. 
Nagasawa Rosetsu (長沢芦雪, 1754–1799) was an 18th-century (Edo period) Japanese painter of the Maruyama School, known for his versatile style. He was born to the family of a low-ranking samurai. He studied with Maruyama Ōkyo in Kyoto.
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nagasawa_Rosetsu

The customer requested this scroll to be made into a Yamato Hyougu format. I really like the interplay between the gold and brown cloths and the subtle resin Jikusaki that looks like ivory. 

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