A Silver Wheel in a Japanese Style

This was my first Japanese scroll and I leaned heavily on two experienced scribes for my research here: I have to thank Mistress Michel Almond de Champagne for her help in the source research, Baroness Audrey Beneyt for her resource of a translator, and to Ambrose in Atenveldt for working with me on this project.

I wrote the words following the guidance I learned from Nicol, and came up with the following:
It is no small thing
to feed a Tyger People
till sated and happy
with sweets that delight many
and rich dishes to please all

This and more has Our
faithful Nagashima Ichiro Ujimichi
done in happy service
for radiant Margarita
glorious Queen of the East

Her herald calls out
Stand Order of the Silver Wheel
greet a new member
for Uji is named Companion
and is Awarded Arms today

And so in Ostgard
on this Twelfth Night
Margarita smiled warmly
and hung a medal upon Uji’s chest
that all might know of his honor

This was done on white pergamenata with Windsor Newton Ivory Black gouache and a #2 long round brush, the pencil is graphite. No other tools or pigments were used.