Jiun · 自運 · VD5B
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.
笑う門には福来る
warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru
Fortune Comes To Those Who Smile
Fortune comes to the gate that laughs.
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
Fortune Comes To Those Who Smile in Japanese is 笑う門には福来る which is read warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru
笑う門には福来る (warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru): fortune comes to the gate that laughs.
笑う門には福来る is a wish for a household more than advice to one person. 門, the gate, stands for the house and the family behind it. Good fortune comes as a visitor, a god of fortune arriving at the door. The laugh meant is the innocent kind, from the belly. 来る is read kitaru, the old form the proverb keeps.
The proverb is native Japanese, heard in the kyōgen 筑紫奥, and its first dated witness is Matsue Shigeyori 松江重頼's proverb collection 毛吹草 of 1638, where fortune comes to the place that laughs, 笑フ所へ福來ル, before 門, the gate, became the usual word.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 笑う門には福来る.
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
