Takase Studios - Fine Japanese Calligraphy

Welcome To Takase Studios
The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Takase Studios is devoted to Custom Japanese Calligraphy where you can work directly with Master Calligrapher Eri Takase to create a one of a kind work of art that is exactly what you want. Create an original work of art for your home or business. And Custom Japanese Calligraphy makes an excellent house warming gift, wedding present, or a very special gift for your Sensei. We would be delighted to work with you to create a work of art that is truly unique.

Master Takase also does Japanese Calligraphy and Kanji Designs for Commercial and professional use and has an impressive resume including movie titles, book illustrations, CD covers, advertising and product packaging. See Graphic Design for more information.

Master Takase's art is respected world-wide and many praise her for not only her beautiful art but also for her approachability, courtesy, and professionalism. If you are look for custom Japanese Calligraphy Art we would love to work with you.

Takase Studios 15th Anniversary

This year marks Takase Studios 15th anniversary and to commemorate we have posted an Interview with Eri Takase. Master Takase has not talked much about herself over the years and in this interview she talks about her life and art. This interview was conducted in June of 2007 for a feature article in Photoshop Magazine by the editor Murat Akcicek.

Heart Sutra Mantra

"Gyatei, gyatei, ha ra gyatei, hara so- gyatei, boji sowaka"

hannya shingyo

The Dalai Lama translates this as "go, go, go beyond, go thoroughly beyond, and establish yourself in enlightenment"

This work of art by Master Takase is on natural, hand-made Japanese paper. The framing was done to show the four deckled edges by tacking the artwork onto a white matte and finishing with a black frame with a slight gold border.

We encourage our clients to order the artwork unframed and frame it locally to match your decor.

Heart Sutra Mantra
by Eri Takase

Photo by Anonymous Collector

See our complete catalog of products at Shodokai - The Art of Master Calligrapher Eri Takase

Japanese Calligraphy Art - Visit our on-line gallery of beautiful Japanese Calligraphy Art all hand-lettered by Master Takase.

Only yesterday I returned to my home in Sag Harbor and opened the calligraphy pieces you did for me last year. They are splendid and I thank you for them. They will hang in my workplace, which is a small building paneled with cedar.

You might be interested to know that a principal character in my movie being filmed this Fall is named Lady Murasaki. She is the Japanese wife of a great French artist and is a good calligrapher. Gong Li will play the part in the movie.

I hope this finds you well and happy and thank you again for the beautiful pieces.

Master Japanese Calligrapher, or more properly, Shihan Eri Takase has been living and working in the United States since 1995. Her work has sold all over the world as custom art for individuals, on commercial products, in books, magazines, and in film. Her style of traditional Japanese calligraphy has been described as refined and cultured. After a lifetime study of traditional calligraphy in Japan, Master Takase has devoted herself to adapting the art of Japanese Calligraphy to new mediums and methods and the results are breathtaking.

In 1989, Master Calligrapher Eri Takase was awarded the highest rank in Japanese Calligraphy, of Shihan. As a member of Japan's most prestigious calligraphic society, the Bokuteki-kai, Eri Takase is among the few to have won multiple best of category awards in national competitions and her work has been displayed in the Osaka Museum of Art. To view some of this award winning art, please visit Traditional Japanese Calligraphy

Now living and working in the United States Master Takase's beautiful artwork sells all over the world as fine art, custom art for individuals, and as commercial art in products, print, and film.

Making Japanese Calligraphy approachable to an international audience is one of Master Takase's major goals and as you browse through this website perhaps you will agree that she has made tremendous strides.