Tips for How to Make Your Kakejiku Scroll Last Forever

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We gathered some useful tips to help your scroll maintain its painting, fabric, beauty and fluidity so that it lasts a lifetime.

 

 

 

To continue hanging a kakejiku is not good, being stored all the time is not good either for a scroll.

For the former, roll it up and let it rest in a box for 2 to 3 months. Please make sure to do this on a sunny day because a scroll is weak against humidity. Storing a scroll in a paulownia wooden box is highly recommended. Paulownia offers high ventilation and are naturally insect repellent. Also, 1 piece of “bouchuukou-natural insect repellent” in a box will give a good protection against insects.

For the latter, take it out and display at least once a year. Please refer to following pages for how to treat scrolls and bouchuukou-Japanese incense sachet.


Handle Your Scroll with Care.
How to Display the Kakejiku & Put it Away
 

Insect Repellent (Bouchuukou) Must Be Prepared.
The bouchuukou (insect repellent) is made of fragrant wood, and is used to protect the kakejiku (hanging scroll) from insect damage.
 

 

 

For better protection during storage, followings are the items we recommend;


Keep Your Scroll Safe.
The nijuubako (double-structured paulownia box) and the futomaki (roller clamp) are tools used to preserve kakejiku more carefully.
 

 

 

Remount Kakejiku Hanging Scrolls

If your wall scroll has dirt or damage, remounting will help your scroll to renew the condition and prevent further damage. Please see our link below for checking the condition of your scroll and whether it needs remounting or not;


Consider Professional Scroll Preservation.
Kakejiku need to be remounted every 100 to 200 years because of deterioration of the paintings and mounting. This page introduces the timing of remounting.
 

 

We hope this post will help and if you have any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Thank you for reading this post to the end.

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 The Japanese people have long set a high value on aesthetic senses since ancient times. As a result, the
peculiar culture which is not seen in other countries blossomed and many aspects of the modern Japanese
culture come from it. Parts of Japanese culture has been introduced to people in other countries recently,
so the number of people from other countries who are interested in Japanese culture has been increasing.
However, the Japanese aesthetic senses, which are the bases of Japanese culture, have been nurtured
through a long history, intertwining various elements intricately, such as climate, geographical features,
religion, customs and so on. Therefore, they are very difficult to understand not only for people from other
countries, but even for the Japanese people. I think the best tool which conveys these difficult senses
understandably is a “kakejiku.”
 The kakejiku (a hanging scroll; a work of calligraphy or a painting which is mounted and hung in an
alcove or on a wall) is a traditional Japanese art. It's no exaggeration to say that paintings are what
express aesthetic senses at all times and places. The kakejiku is an art which expresses the Japanese
aesthetic senses. The kakejiku has long been used in traditional Japanese events, daily life and so on since
ancient times. As a result, there are various customs of kakejiku in Japan; kakejiku and the life of the
Japanese are closely related. We can see Japanese values through kakejiku.
 The kakejiku is a cultural tradition which the Japanese people should be proud of. However, many people
in other countries don't know much about it because it hasn't been showcased as much. This is why I
decided to try to introduce it. The kakejiku world is very interesting and beautiful. We want not only the
Japanese, but also many people from other countries to know and enjoy it. I hope that many people will
love kakejiku someday.

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Name Art Nomura

President Tatsuji Nomura

Founded1973

Established1992

Address7-23 Babadori, Tarumi-ku, Kobe city,
Hyougo Prefecture, 655-0021, Japan


Capital10 million yen

URLhttp://nomurakakejiku.com

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 Art Nomura is an art dealer which produces kakejiku (hanging scrolls). We mount many paintings and calligraphic works in kakejiku in my factory. Kakejiku are our main product. We also remount and repair old or damaged kakejiku. We share the traditional Japanese art of kakejiku with people all over the world.


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 The Japanese people have long set a high value on aesthetic senses since ancient times. As a result, the
peculiar culture which is not seen in other countries blossomed and many aspects of the modern Japanese
culture come from it. Parts of Japanese culture has been introduced to people in other countries recently,
so the number of people from other countries who are interested in Japanese culture has been increasing.
However, the Japanese aesthetic senses, which are the bases of Japanese culture, have been nurtured
through a long history, intertwining various elements intricately, such as climate, geographical features,
religion, customs and so on. Therefore, they are very difficult to understand not only for people from other
countries, but even for the Japanese people. I think the best tool which conveys these difficult senses
understandably is a “kakejiku.”
 The kakejiku (a hanging scroll; a work of calligraphy or a painting which is mounted and hung in an
alcove or on a wall) is a traditional Japanese art. It's no exaggeration to say that paintings are what
express aesthetic senses at all times and places. The kakejiku is an art which expresses the Japanese
aesthetic senses. The kakejiku has long been used in traditional Japanese events, daily life and so on since
ancient times. As a result, there are various customs of kakejiku in Japan; kakejiku and the life of the
Japanese are closely related. We can see Japanese values through kakejiku.
 The kakejiku is a cultural tradition which the Japanese people should be proud of. However, many people
in other countries don't know much about it because it hasn't been showcased as much. This is why I
decided to try to introduce it. The kakejiku world is very interesting and beautiful. We want not only the
Japanese, but also many people from other countries to know and enjoy it. I hope that many people will
love kakejiku someday.

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