CategoriesMedium and Techniques
Hanging Scroll
A painting or calligraphy mounted with silk borders and rods so it can hang on a wall and roll up for storage, used across East Asia.
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A hanging scroll is a painting or calligraphy on paper or silk, mounted with fabric borders, a slim rod at the top and a weighted roller at the bottom, so it can hang on a wall or roll up for storage. In China, Korea and Japan scrolls were usually shown for a season or an occasion rather than permanently.
The tall format suits mountains rising out of mist. Guo Xi's Early Spring (1072) leads the eye upward through a surging landscape. Calligraphers used it for bold columns of characters, from Zhang Ruitu's angular late Ming cursive to Yi Bingshou's massive clerical script around 1800. In Japan the scroll, or kakemono, is placed in the tokonoma alcove and changed to suit the season or the guests. Xu Beihong's galloping ink horses carried the format into the 20th century. Look for collectors' seals and fine horizontal creases from rolling.
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