Ryu Kakejiku, Authentieke Japanse Scroll

Traditionally, Japanese homes are very minimalist in design, with few furniture and decorations. However, there is a prominent exception in the area of wall decoration, namely hanging scrolls known in Japan as Kakejiku (掛け軸). Various subjects can be central to these traditional scrolls, including landscapes, sacred images, animals, and texts in calligraphy style.

Umi hiroku shite ryū ginzureba kumo okori, yama takaku shite tora usobukeba kaze shōzu (海闊くして龍吟ずれば雲起こり、山高くして虎嘯けば風生ず。) This can be translated as:When the sea is vast, the dragon sings and the clouds come; when the mountain is high, the tiger roars and the wind is born.