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.
一期一会
ichigoichie
Each Moment Only Once
One lifetime, one meeting.
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
Each Moment Only Once in Japanese is 一期一会 which is read ichigoichie
一期一会 (ichigo ichie): one lifetime, one meeting.
一期一会 is a meeting that will not come again. In the tea room, host and guest give one gathering their whole attention for that reason. The word has grown past tea to any meeting, and our title, Each Moment Only Once, follows that wider sense. The dictionaries carry both senses, and which one you hang it for is yours. In English books it is also spelled ichi-go ichi-e or ichi go ichi e.
The four-character word 一期一会 is first known from the preface to Ii Naosuke 井伊直弼's tea manual Chanoyu ichie shū 茶湯一会集, drafted by 1848 and finished in 1858, which says the gathering of host and guests at tea is called by that name and glosses it with the older Edo idiom 一世一度; the thought behind it is a sentence on the guest's conduct in the sixteenth-century tea record of Yamanoue Sōji 山上宗二.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 一期一会.
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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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 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
