hanging scroll

(noun)

One of the many traditional ways to display and exhibit Chinese painting and calligraphy, in which the work is displayed for short periods of time and are then rolled up to be tied and secured for storage.

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Examples of hanging scroll in the following topics:

  • Chinese Literati Expressionism under the Ming Dynasty

    • Shen Zhou, Lofty Mt.Lu (蘆) Hanging scroll, ink and light colors on paper (1467)
    • Dong Qichang, Wanluan Thatched Hall (1597): hanging scroll, ink and light colors on paper

  • Orthodox Confucian Painting under the Qing Dynasty

    • Yun Shouping, Peonies, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk (17th-18th century)
    • Wang Hui, Clearing Autum Sky over a Fishing Vilage, hanging scroll, ink and light colors on paper (1680)

  • Art of Esoteric Buddhism

    • (hanging scroll, color on silk)

  • Painting and Calligraphy in the Heian Period

    • The Ban Dainagon Ekotoba (late 12th century), a scroll that deals with an intrigue at court, emphasizes figures in active motion depicted in rapidly executed brush strokes and thin but vibrant colors.
    • (hanging scroll, color on silk)
    • A scene from the Illustrated scroll of the Tale of Genji (written by Murasaki Shikibu in the 11th century).
    • The scroll was made in about c. 1130 CE and is in the Tokugawa Museum in Nagoya, Japan.

  • Modern Chinese Painting

    • The finished work can be mounted on scrolls, such as hanging scrolls or handscrolls.
    • A wall scroll painted by Ma Lin on or before 1246.

  • Art of the Middle Kingdom

    • The finished work can be mounted on hanging scrolls or handscrolls; traditional painting can also be done on album sheets, walls, lacquerware, folding screens, and other media.

  • Painting under the Ming Dynasty

    • Landscape in the Style of Yan Wengui by Dai Jin, hanging scroll, ink on paper (Early Ming Dynasty)

  • Rinpa School Painting in the Edo Period

    • Rinpa artists worked in various formats, notably screens, fans, hanging scrolls, woodblock printed books, lacquerware, ceramics, and kimono textiles.

  • Japanese Architecture in the Momoyama Period

    • Fusuma (vertical rectangular panels that can slide from side to side) and byōbu (folding screens) became highly decorated with paintings, and often an interior room with shelving and an alcove (tokonoma) was used to display art work (typically a hanging scroll).

  • Influence of Buddhism in the Heian Period

    • (hanging scroll, color on silk)