Muso Calligraphy Kakejiku

This customer wanted a scroll that read Muso, after the Buddhist monk Muso Soseki who lived from 1275-1351. He was a calligrapher, teacher, poet and garden designer. This is written in the Gyousho semi-cursive style by Ryugyoku (Yoshimi Yamada Maples). The scroll was made in a Sandan style format. The ichimonji is a dark brown with a pattern that was not a flower or ivy on purpose. The tan intermediate cloth or Chumawashi is a donsu with a maple leaf pattern. The top blue cloth has a nomi pattern. It is finished with a natural stain jikusaki. If you would like to order a custom scroll, email to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com or call/text 801-214-4064

 

Beautiful Japanese Shodo scroll with the words Orange Grove. This was written by Yoshimi "Ryugyoku" Maples for a customer at the Salt Lake Nihon Matsuri. I loved the cloth selected for this Kakejiku. It is an elegant Donsu silk. If you have questions about wallscrolls, please visit our site at www.customjapanesecalligraphy.com 

Japanese Calligraphy Kakejiku

This kakejiku or wallscroll reads When You Have Love, Luck is Not Needed. In Japanese the characters are 愛有運不要　The customer wanted to give this as a Christmas gift. They said the recipient really likes Cherry Blossom season in Japan, so I utilized this beautiful pure silk with a cherry blossom motif. The Ichimonji is a Gold arabesque on a cream color cloth. The Jikusaki are plastic and the hanging string is a light purple called Fuji. If you would like to order a scroll, please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com or go to www.customjapanesecalligraphy.com to learn more.

No Excuses Only Victory Kakejiku

 

This Kakejiku is a Hanshi size scroll. In English, the customer asked us to translate No Excuses, Only Victory. In Japanese the characters are 

不言訳　有勝利

「言い訳せずに、勝利あるのみ」Iiwake sezuni Shori arunomi

This is how it reads in Japanese. The customer wanted an orange Wallscroll. So I used the bright Orange and Gold cloud Ichimonji, with a Pure Silk cloth that has a burnt orange background. It is a very elegant scroll. It is finished with Plastic Ivory Jikusaki and a Kodai San Iro hanging string. 

If you would like to order a custom japanese scroll, please visit our site at www.customjapanesecalligraphy.com or email sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com. Phone or text available at 801-214-4064.

Mokumegane Wallscroll or Kakejiku

This scroll has the phrase Mokumegane. The definition of this word was taken from Wikipedia. 
Mokume-gane (木目金, Mokumegane) is a Japanese metalworking procedure which produces a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns, as well as that laminate itself. Mokume gane translates closely to "wood grain metal" or "wood eye metal" and describes the way metal takes on the appearance of natural wood grain.^[1] Mokume gane fuses several layers of differently coloured precious metals together to form a sandwich of alloys called a "billet." The billet is then manipulated in such a way that a pattern resembling wood grain emerges over its surface. Numerous ways of working the mokume gane create diverse pattens. Once the metal has been rolled into a sheet or bar, several techniques are used to produce a range of effects.^[2]

Mokume-gane has been used to create many artistic objects. Though the technique was first developed for production of decorative sword fittings, the craft is today mostly used in the production of jewelry and hollowware.^[3]

I will not go into the personal details of the customer's reason for wanting this phrase on a scroll, but light (sky) blue has always been one of my favorite colors.

The writing for this scroll was brushed by my wife Yoshimi "Ryugyoku" Yamada. 

If you would like a custom scroll made, please contact to me at sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com.