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.
瑞気集門
zuikishūmon
Gathering of Good Omens
Auspicious air gathers at the gate: a calligrapher's wish for good fortune on a house, written at New Year or hung in a room.
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
Gathering of Good Omens in Japanese is 瑞気集門 which is read zuikishūmon
瑞気集門 (zuiki shūmon): auspicious air gathers at the gate.
瑞気集門 is a wish for a house: may auspicious air gather at its gate. 瑞気 is the air that comes with a good omen, and 門, the gate, stands for the house and the family behind it. It suits a new home as well as the New Year. Whether you hang it by the door or where the family gathers is yours.
瑞気集門 is a calligrapher's wish for spring and the New Year, first known from Ichikawa Beian 市河米庵's phrase book for the brush, 『墨場必携』, first printed in 1836, from which it passed into later handbooks, letter and composition manuals, and onto boards hung in rooms, such as the one a priest of Dazaifu Tenmangū brushed in March 1891, which a travel writer found over the transom of an upstairs room at an inn in Nikkō.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 瑞気集門.
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.
Sending it as a gift? Add your message at checkout and we will include it.
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
