![Emakimono style landscape Japanese scenery painting art scroll](http://japancrossbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/605FA95B-633F-46AB-9628-E8830F8678E6-1024x308.jpeg)
Japanese EMAKIMONO style hanging scroll
First of all, what is EMAKIMONO??
Emakimono – “E” means “pictures”, “makimono” means “scroll” in Japanese.
Emakimono is a Japanese traditional horizontal scroll which tells stories with pictures.
![Japanese traditional Emakimono 絵巻物](http://japancrossbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/505BF529-75C4-405F-B810-005E8217595A-300x107.jpeg)
![Old Emakimono](http://japancrossbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/C3AC95B9-06D8-448E-88D9-DE6D46AFD15B-300x131.jpeg)
From right side, we unroll the scroll to the left, and illustrations tell you Japanese narrative.
So Emakimono usually is a few meters long, sometimes even 20 meters long!
The oldest Emakimono that still exists is believed to made in Nara period, AD 710 to 794.
![oldest EMAKIMONO](http://japancrossbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/スクリーンショット-210-300x272.png)
I made Emakimono style scroll with Japanese scenery painting.
![Making Emakimono style Japanese scenery painting art scroll](http://japancrossbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/202B9ACA-D33B-4C51-90BB-591C0B1BA5EA-265x300.jpeg)
To make this unique scroll, I used Precious Kimono silk obi belt for both ends.
It is woven with silk and making gorgeous patterns.
![precious Kimono silk obi belt](http://japancrossbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/6BA035A9-D124-468E-A24B-F6E0B121E5B4-300x185.jpeg)
In the center painting area, I used white silk kimono fabric.
![white silk kimono fabric](http://japancrossbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/76D9E127-F177-48C4-99C4-EAFB7FE14210-300x246.jpeg)
This white silk fabric is thin and soft, so I attached Special Japanese paper called “urauchi youshi”, on the back to make it stronger and harder.
This special paper has glue on one side and by ironing, I can attach this paper to the silk fabric.
I made this scroll with 2 meters long, so this can be hung on the wall in the rooms easily.
This Emakimono style horizontal scroll allows me to draw Japanese landscape scenery.
![Painting landscape Japanese scenery](http://japancrossbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/86BBAD5C-55B9-43B0-90D1-FEAD8091EF93-300x168.jpeg)
I really love to draw Japanese symbols, especially Mt. Fuji, Sakura cherry blossoms, Bamboo, and Koi fish.
Those symbols express Japanese beauty, and every time I draw them, I find myself being in love with them more and more.
In the past, I painted these symbols a lot on Usual Kakejiku hanging scrolls (Vertical scroll), but especially this horizontal scroll has enough space for me to draw all in here.
That’s what I wanted to make.