Haiku by Issa
This dewdrop world,
is a dewdrop world,
and yet
露の世は露の世ながらさりながら
tsuyu no yo wa tsuyu no yo nagara sari nagara
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
This dewdrop world,
is a dewdrop world,
and yet
|
tsuyu no yo wa tsuyu no yo nagara sari nagara |
露の世は 露の世ながら さりながら |
| issa | 一茶 |
露の世は露の世ながらさりながら (tsuyu no yo wa tsuyu no yo nagara sari nagara): a world of dew is a world of dew, granted; and yet. 露の世 is the world as dew, the Buddhist figure for impermanence; ながら grants it; さりながら is and yet, and the whole verse stands on that one word, the only word in it that is not doctrine. Issa wrote it into his journal of 1819, おらが春, My Spring, after his daughter Sato died of smallpox in her second year, and signed it there; the sentence before it says that hard to cut is the bond of a parent's love. The verse says what the sutra says, twice, and then says the one word a believer is not supposed to say, and stops. Every reader in either language has read it the same way: the first line is the teaching and the last word is the refusal. The English is Timothy L. Jackowski's, made for Takase Studios.
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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