Iaidou Wallscroll number 2

This is the second Iaido dojo kakejiku ordered for a package. If you would like a scroll made, contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com or order directly from the site at www.shop.customjapanesecalligraphy.com

This one is made with a shiha cloth that has a small karakusa. The smaller karakusa makes it easier to match patterns and designs when assembling. It has a gold tint, and is very beautiful. The writing is Iaido in Gyousho by Yoshimi Yamada Maples, (Ryugyoku) It is completed with an usukin (light gold) hanging string. The Ichimonji is a kinran cloth with a large karakusa pattern.

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	96	11.45
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	11	1.31
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	38	4.53
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	108	12.88
柱	Pillars	7	0.84
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	7	0.84
地	Chi	57	6.80
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	52	6.20
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	279	33.28

Small Iaido Wallscroll or Kakejiku

A dojo back east ordered 8 Small scrolls on a special promotion. This is the first in the series. It is an Iaidou scroll written in the Gyousho (Semi-cursive) style. If you would like to order a custom handmade wallscroll, contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com or go directly to my shopping site at www.shop.customjapanesecalligraphy.com

It has a small gold Karakusa on a Green cloth. The Ichimonji bordering the work is a large karakusa or green and gold on brown. The hanging string is a Ugui or green color. It is completed with ivory, plastic jikusaki.

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	96	11.45
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	11	1.31
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	38	4.53
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	108	12.88
柱	Pillars	7	0.84
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	7	0.84
地	Chi	57	6.80
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	52	6.20
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	279	33.28

Iaido Scroll-Hayashizaka Iai Dai Myo Jin

This beautiful scroll is for an Iaido practitioner in the Western 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 

I am so honored to be given this artwork to make into a scroll. The Calligraphy was given to this Martial Artist as a gift for the extensive research and direct lineage to this sword school in Japan, Muso Jikiken Eishin Ryu. This Iaido style traces its lineage back 22 generations to the founder Hayashizaki Jinsuke Minamoto no Shigenobu.


It is written in the Kaisho style, and reads Hayashizaki Iai Dai Myo Jin. The owner of the artwork confirmed to me that it would translate The Great Patron Deity of Iaido. Similar to Tenshin Katoryu it is said that this sword style was presented to Hayashizaki Jinsuke Minamoto no Shigenobu after praying for 100 days before the deity of the shrine, Kuma no Meijin.

The simple Maru Hyougu style of design with the brown silk and honeycomb pattern interlaced with flowers really seems to present the writing in an excellent light, and support the heavenly inspiration of the sword style bestowal by Kuma no Meijin. The scroll is accented with an Ebony Wood Jikusaki and gold with white arrow pattern kakehimo. The Ichimonji selected was a light brown to help transition the view between the artwork and the cloth. I was very pleased with the end result of the scroll and hope this will bless the new dojo in the future. Dimensions as follows:

 Name in Kanji Name in English Sizes (Bun)  (Centimeters) (Inches)

天 Ten 126 381.78 15.03

上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 12 36.36 1.43

紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 112 339.36 13.36

紙本の長さ Artwork Length 430 1302.9 51.30

柱 Pillars 21.5 65.145 2.56

下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 9 27.27 1.07

地 Chi 85 257.55 10.14

掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 155 469.65 18.49

掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 662 2005.86 78.97