Japanese Hanging Scroll Vtg Kakejiku Zen Calligraphy 5 Characters Black KJ70 wind chime 5 cm wide (ends) x

5 cm wide (ends) x 62

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189 cm long x 63 cm wide (ends) x 56 cm wide (paper)

It has writings on the outside: this was a wedding gift

Japanese Hanging Scroll Vtg Kakejiku Zen Calligraphy 5 Characters Black KJ70 wind chime 5 cm wide (ends) xJapanese Hanging Scroll Kakejiku This vintage Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku or makimono) features calligraphy of 5 kanji characters, likely a zen idiom poem written in kanbun (literary Chinese). This piece is signed and has red seals. Kakejiku is a Japanese picture or calligraphy mounted on a piece of paper. It was a tool to spread Buddhism in Japan and has been integrated with Japanese culture as interior decoration. Tokokake is used at the