Forgive and Forget (mizu ni nagasu)
水に流す
mizu ni nagasu
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
Forgive and Forget in Japanese is 水に流す which is read mizu ni nagasu
水に流す (mizu ni nagasu): forgive and forget; literally, set it adrift on the water. 流す is to let the current carry a thing off, and what is carried off is a grudge, a quarrel, the knot left in the heart: the Japanese says send it down the river where English says forget. The river is the purification's river. At the rite of 祓 a paper figure is rubbed on the body to take the year's defilements and is set adrift on a stream, and the idiom's water is that water. The phrase itself is Meiji. Its first recorded use is a taunt in an 1874 kabuki play about the Soga brothers' vendetta, said to the two men in Japanese story who never let a grudge go; the English equation, forgive and forget, was made in a 1909 dictionary and has held.
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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