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

柿の実 Persimmon Fruit Wallscroll

This painting was done by Mariusz Szmerdt, a polish artist. I like his painting techniques and ability to capture many different ideas and images. He is very talented. This is one in the series done for the American Bonsai Society convention in Saratoga Springs NY.ever

When framing this I was thinking in reverse to put it in the fall season. Most of the Persimmon's I ate in Japan were in the early winter. So for me this was about the Harvest. The scroll starts with mimicking the fruit color with the Ichimonji which has a gold on orange background. It is then fallowed by the cloth with gold cloud pattern...This is by far the most expensive cloth I have purchased and is easily at $150 per yard...It is finished with a shike Ten/Chi in a Khaki/Gold color. The jikusaki are Bamboo, and the Hanging string is light gold...
Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	112	13.36
上中廻し	Ue Chuumawashi	69	8.23
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	10	1.19
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	81	9.66
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	100	11.93
柱	Pillars	17	2.03
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	7	0.84
下中廻し	Shita Chuumawashi	50	5.96
地	Chi	70	8.35
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	115	13.72
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	408	48.67

I know I have my ideas of how I will display it, but what do you think?