tsuifuku　対幅

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

A general term for hanging scrolls *kakemono 掛物 that make a group or set of two or more. These include soufuku 双幅　(a pair or diptych) or sanpukutsui 三幅対 (a triptych). Mounted paintings or calligraphies displayed in sets of those with some connection in terms of subject or theme. Certain subjects lend themselves to these formats, such as a tiger and dragon for a diptych, and *Kannon 観音 monkey and crane for a triptych. Kakemono can also be mounted in sets of four, yonpukutsui 四幅対 as in a set of the four seasons; in sets of six, roppukutsui 六幅対 producing a screen; in sets of eight, happukutsui 八幅対 as in a set of the eight views of a landscape; or in sets of twelve, juunipukutsui 十二幅対 as in a series of the twelve months. Works of the same size will be mounted with the same cloth. However, in groups of three (triptychs), where the central image is larger than the works to be displayed next to it the mounting for the central image will contain cloth of a higher grade than the other two works.

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