Hanging Scroll

Hanging ScrollA Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku), ink on paper with silk mounting. Scrolls like this were rotated through the home's tokonoma alcove with the seasons, hung for a time, then carefully rolled and stored away. Please contact me if you would like additional photographs or details of the painting.

paper and documents needed to run a houshold business

one diamond prints solid indigo while its neighbor remains white reserve

The plum tree

The wooden base tapers in the middle and is joined to a thin

A family crest sits at the top

a theme long celebrated in Japanese art

and the wear of time

An inro is a traditional Japanese case for holding small objects

A paper maché mold (hariko) that originated in Hikone

They were often fired for weeks at a time resulting in wood ash deposits

On contemporary metal stand

Though unsigned