Family Name Nakai Kakejiku

 This custom wallscroll order was made for a customer in Texas. It is written in the full cursive (sousho) style of calligraphy. This is in a three step style scroll format. It has a gold Ichimonji with a Blue with Gold Flower Arabesque Middle Cloth. The Ten/Chi (top/bottom) cloth is a mixed silk, synthetic cloth. It is finished with a resin ivory looking jikusaki and a light gold hanging string. If you would like a custom wallscroll ordered please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com or text 801-214-4064. We also do these types of frames to hold photos which can be purchased at www.tapestryframe.com

Joufuku Scroll in House

Customer Response...These types of things just make my day! :)

I just got home from Vancouver and your box was waiting for me. It's fantastic! Perfect, even!!

I have included 2 images of it in its final location; you can see how nicely it harmonizes with everything. One view is from my hall and the other from my office desk chair (so I can look over at it and be inspired)
(If you wish to use these photos on your site, be my guest)

There are some who think that a kakejiku only belongs in a traditional Japanese Alcove called Toko No Ma...But you can see from the pictures below just how beautifully this art can accent a Western Style home...

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 

Tiger Minikakejiku Sousho Style

Not many of our customers order the Sousho full calligraphy style of kakejiku. Although typically unreadable without training, the creativity and individuality of the artist is evident in the brush stroke.

Calligraphy student's spend painstaking hours of practice to learn to first conform their writing to specific standards. Only after mastering the ability to make perfect strokes in the Kaisho style are they then allowed to train on utilizing their creativity and expressing their individuality.

About the scroll.

This is the character for tiger 寅 Tora. This is the third character in the Chinese Zodiac. The more commonly used character for tiger in Japanese is 虎 which is also read as Tora.

This is on a white and gold ichimonji surrounded by the Navy cloth.