Editing Hanging scroll (section)

==History==
Scrolls originated in their earliest form from texts written on [[Bamboo and wooden slips|bamboo strips]] and [[silk]] banners across ancient China.<ref name=sze/><ref name=dillon/> The earliest hanging scrolls are related to and developed from silk banners in early Chinese history.<ref name=sze/><ref name=wash>{{cite web|title=Technical Aspects of Painting|url=http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/painting/4ptgtech.htm|access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref><ref name=sullivan/> These banners were long and hung vertically on walls.<ref name=sze/> Such silk banners and hanging scroll paintings were found at [[Mawangdui]] dating back to the [[Han dynasty]] (206 BCE – 220 CE).<ref name=wash/><ref name=sullivan>{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Michael|title=The arts of China|year=1984|publisher=University of California Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-520-04918-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_CzdICSqnELkC/page/n13 71]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_CzdICSqnELkC|edition=3rd}}</ref> The aesthetic and structural objectives for hanging scrolls were summarized by the time of the [[Tang dynasty]] (618–907) and are still followed in the present day.<ref name=lee/> During the early [[Song dynasty]] (960–1279), artists found that hanging scrolls were well suited to their art styles.<ref name=dillon>{{cite book|last=Dillon|first=Michael|title=China: A historical and cultural dictionary|year=1998|publisher=Curzon|location=Richmond|isbn=978-0-7007-0439-2|page=273|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VA5tKw11K8YC}}</ref><ref name=wash/>

Originally introduced to Japan from China as a means of spreading [[Buddhism]], hanging scrolls found a place in Japanese culture and art and plays an important role in interior decoration.<ref>{{Cite web| title =Hanging Scroll(2018)| url = https://ateliers-japon.com/#hangingscroll | publisher=Les Ateliers de Japon}}</ref>