Bald Eagle Sumi Painting Wallscroll

This is a commissioned piece painted by Mariusz Szmerdt on a shikishi (hard Matte) paper. It depicts a bald eagle flying away from a forest. It was made for a bonsai artist in the Midwest.

The scroll is made of a reed colored Benberugu silk. The jikusaki are Rosewood, and the hanging string is a light gold. Dimensions as follows.

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	106	12.64
筋	Suji	0	0.00
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	80	9.54
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	90	10.74
柱	Pillars	18	2.15
地	Chi	55	6.56
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	116	13.84
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	251	29.94

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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

Mui Scroll

This is another scroll brushed by Richard Man. It is the character Mui, which in Japanese means Idleness or not working. I do not know if it is the same meaning in Chinese. Hopefully, it is not a reference to how late it was to get these works back to him. I want to get them right, and the size that he demands tells me I need to take more time.

The wallscroll is completed in the Maru Hyougu style. With a gold on green Ichimonji and a Shike cloth that is a reed brown for the Ten and Chi. The hashira are narrow, but the 7 bun typically is wider than that seen on a Gyou no Gyou style scroll. A red lacquer wooden jikusaki and the Old 3 color hanging string complete the work.

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Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	90	10.74
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	15	1.79
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	163	19.44
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	272	32.45
柱	Pillars	7	0.84
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	8.5	1.01
地	Chi	52.5	6.26
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	177	21.11
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	438	52.25

Karate Dojo Scroll

This wallscroll was made for a martial arts dojo back  on the East Coast. It reads Taikyoku Budo Seiya Dojo. The writing is in Kaisho style. I am not happy with the way it turned out, because I only had about a week to make the scroll. This lends itself to many problems in the production process. I hope it hangs well in the long run. If you would like a custom scroll made please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com (just give me more than 3 weeks to make it right!)

It has a brown ichimonji with a large karakusa pattern. The cloth is a benberugu green/gold color with a pine or cloud pattern (depending on who you ask). The scroll is finished with a black lacquer wood jikusaki that has a machined groove near the end. The Kakehimo is the Gold cloth, because it goes well with the Ichimonji.

The picture on the right is how it hangs in the customers dojo. I love how it turned out!

Dimensions are as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	116	13.84
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	16.5	1.97
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	55	6.56
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	222	26.48
柱	Pillars	20	2.39
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	9	1.07
地	Chi	77.5	9.25
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	95	11.33
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	441	52.61

Another Richard Man Wallscroll

This is another work by Richard Man.
This looks to me to be the character 易
In Japanese this can read Yasui or Yasashii which can mean easy. However, it also has a meaning of fortune telling or divination. It looks to be written in Gyousho or Semi-Cursive style.

I made this scroll in the Fukuro Hyougu style, which is simple and elegant. I used a darker gold Suji (ribbon around the artwork) and a lighter reed color cloth. The Hanging string is a Kincha or gold and the Jikusaki are plastic 9 bun pieces.

Obviously he likes his works large this is a chart of the dimensions.

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	114	13.60
筋	Suji	1.5	0.18
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	222	26.48
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	293	34.95
柱	Pillars	8	0.95
地	Chi	75	8.95
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	241	28.75
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	485	57.86

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Tansaku Kake Scroll

This is a scroll for a bonsai artist in New York. It is a tansaku kake scroll so the artwork can be switched out. It is not embedded.

It is a benberugu cloth that is light brown, with a raised pattern (敷け?) I really like the pattern, it is soft and simple. I completed the scroll with a Plastic ivory jikusaki and Takuboku hanging string.

Dimensions and other information listed below.

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches		Other Information
天	Ten	136	16.22		天･地	ベンベルグ	唐草	金茶
上中廻し	Ue Chumawashi	0	0.00		中廻し	N/A	N/A	N/A
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	25	2.98		一文字	N/A	N/A	N/A
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	116	13.84		軸先	プラスチック	8分
柱	Pillars	8.5	1.01		掛け紐	啄木
下中廻し	Shita Chumawashi	0	0.00		風帯幅	N/A
地	Chi	83	9.90		風帯すき間	N/A	N/A
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	42	5.01		桐箱幅さ	60分
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	335	39.96		風鎮	なし

The Cuckoo Scroll sold and is no longer available.
http://wallscroll.blogspot.com/2013/06/japanese-scroll-ii.html

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