Jiun · 自運 · VD3B
Jiun (自運) is the calligrapher's word for writing from one's own invention. As a Shihan, Master Takase has a hand of her own, and these designs are that hand: she draws freely on the classic scripts to create exactly the look she wants.
雨にも負けず風にも負けず
ame ni mo makezu, kaze ni mo makezu
Be Not Defeated by the Wind, Be Not Defeated by the Rain
Not beaten by the rain, not beaten by the wind.
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
Be Not Defeated by the Wind, Be Not Defeated by the Rain in Japanese is 雨にも負けず風にも負けず which is read ame ni mo makezu, kaze ni mo makezu
雨にも負けず風にも負けず (ame ni mo makezu, kaze ni mo makezu): not beaten by the rain, not beaten by the wind.
雨にも負けず風にも負けず begins a portrait of a person: not beaten by rain or wind, strong in body and few in wants, and going east and west and south and north when he is needed. The two lines open a poem that is one sentence long, and its main verb is the last line: such a person is what I want to become. Every line before it describes that person rather than instructing anyone. Hiroaki Sato, one of its translators, writes that the poet meant it as a prayer. Whether you hang it as the poet's prayer or as your own is yours.
The poet wrote it in katakana, and nearly every printing keeps it so. The design writes the two lines in kanji and hiragana.
宮沢賢治 wrote the poem in a black notebook, dated in his own hand to 3 November 1931, two years before his death; it was not published in his lifetime.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 雨にも負けず風にも負けず.
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.
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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 layered Japanese paper, designed to last generations. 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
