Haiku by Issa
A world of grief and pain,
Flowers bloom,
Even then
苦の娑婆や桜が咲けば咲いたとて
ku no shaba ya sakura ga sakeba saita tote
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
A world of grief and pain:
Flowers bloom;
Even then ...
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ku no shaba ya sakura ga sakeba saita tote |
苦の娑婆や 桜が咲けば 咲いたとて |
| issa | 一茶 |
苦の娑婆や桜が咲けば咲いたとて (ku no shaba ya sakura ga sakeba saita tote): this world of suffering; and if the cherry blooms, so it has bloomed. 娑婆 is the Buddhist word for this world, from the Sanskrit sahā, the land to be endured, and 苦の娑婆 was Issa's stock phrase for it. とて at the end is the shrug, even granting that, and the verse's two readings, the bitter and the accepting, are both inside that one particle; the poem does not say which. Issa's own verse diary places it between the twelfth and the fifteenth of the second month of 1823, with no occasion given. His own editions print a plainer line, 花が開けばひらく迚, the flower opens, so it opens; the form on this scroll, 桜が咲けば咲いたとて, is the one the English translators took up, and Miyamori, who printed both, called them one verse with the same meaning. The English is Sam Hamill's, from The Spring of My Life, 1997.
About Our Scrolls
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
Master Takase personally brushes your Japanese scroll when you order. Each scroll proudly bears her red seal, 英利, and her signature.
The scrolls are 12 1/4" W × 43" H (31 × 109 cm) with real silk borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. The scrolls themselves are made by Sankō (株式会社三幸) in Gifu prefecture, which has been making high quality scrolls since 1947, and we have worked with Sankō for over two decades.
Delivery
The scroll is completed within 1–3 business days and is shipped from Master Takase's studio in Washington State by USPS Priority Mail. It arrives ready to display.
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