Jiun · 自運 · VD4B
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.
鬼は外福は内
oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi
Devils Go Out Fortune Come In
Demons out, fortune in.
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
Devils Go Out Fortune Come In in Japanese is 鬼は外福は内 which is read oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi
鬼は外福は内 (oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi): demons out, fortune in.
鬼は外福は内 is a shout, not a maxim: ten syllables of Japanese with no verb, the call of the bean-throwing at Setsubun, the eve of spring in early February. At night the head of the household scatters roasted beans through the rooms, ordering the demons out and inviting the god of fortune in, and each person eats as many beans as their years.
The two halves are said in either order.
The call has no author; it is first written down in 1447, in the diary of the Zen abbot 瑞渓周鳳, who recorded 景冨 scattering roasted beans through every room on the last night of winter and calling out 鬼外福内.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 鬼は外福は内.
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
