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知らぬが仏
shiranu ga hotoke
Not Knowing is Buddha
Not knowing is Buddha.
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
Not Knowing is Buddha in Japanese is 知らぬが仏 which is read shiranu ga hotoke
知らぬが仏 (shiranu ga hotoke): not knowing is Buddha.
The proverb has two senses and every modern dictionary carries both. The kind one is its face: to know is to suffer, and the one who does not know has a Buddha's calm, which is where the English ignorance is bliss comes in. The other is its use, said with a smile of the one person in the room who does not know, from the kabuki stage of 1864 to today.
No source names where the proverb began; it is first found as a pun in a haikai verse by 重貞 in 松江重頼's anthology 毛吹草, prefaced in 1638, and Ihara Saikaku first put it in prose in 1682, of a blind man who cannot see what is happening around him.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 知らぬが仏.
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
