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家内安全
kanai anzen
Peace and Prosperity in the Household
The household kept safe: a prayer for the family, and the scroll for a new home.
Master Takase creates this beautiful scroll when your order is placed, personally preparing the ink and brushing your art, which proudly bears her signature and seal. This is an original work of art.
Description
家内安全 (kanai anzen): the household kept safe.
家内安全 is the wish that no one in a family meets accident or illness. It is said for the people inside one house, and it is one of the wishes an amulet is issued for, the amulet a family keeps on its house-shelf or in its Buddhist altar. The word says safe. Its companion 家庭円満, a harmonious home, wishes for what happens inside.
The English title also says prosperity. Among the wishes an amulet is issued for, 家内安全 stands in a set with 商売繁盛, a thriving trade.
家内安全 is composed of the word 家内 (read kanai) meaning "household; one's family" and 安全 (read anzen) meaning "safety; security".
家内安全 is a prayer for a household's safety, first known from a Muromachi priest's prayer of about 1400, kept in a later copy, and printed on shrine and temple amulets by the late Edo period.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 家内安全.
Delivery
Your scroll is brushed when you order it and completed within 1 to 3 business days. It ships by USPS Priority Mail from Master Takase's studio in Washington State, boxed and ready to hang, with a printed page giving the art's English, romaji and Japanese.
Sending it as a gift? Add your message at checkout and we will include it.
Shipping is calculated at checkout from your address; within the United States it is $13 to $23. We ship worldwide, and any import charges for your country are shown at checkout before you pay.
Every order is covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee. If your scroll arrives damaged, or we made an error, we replace it or refund you in full, including shipping. Refund policy
About Our Scrolls
Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase brushes your scroll by hand when you order it. Each scroll bears her red seal, 英利, and her signature.
The scrolls are 12 1/4" W × 43" H (31 × 109 cm) with woven damask borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. The scrolls themselves are made by a scroll maker in Gifu, Japan, and we have worked with them for over two decades.
Eri Takase was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, and holds the rank of Shihan, the highest rank in Japanese calligraphy, from the Bokuteki-kai and the Bunka-shodo. About Master Takase
