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.
言わぬが花
iwanu ga hana
Not Saying Is A Flower
Not saying is the flower.
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 Saying Is A Flower in Japanese is 言わぬが花 which is read iwanu ga hana
言わぬが花 (iwanu ga hana): not saying is the flower.
Some things are better unsaid; said outright they lose their flavor and their grace. The proverb is about the beauty of the unsaid, and silence is golden, its English equation since 1904, is its prudent cousin about the safety of not speaking. It is an Edo saying, in print by 1729 in a Kyoto book of comic verse and sung in a kabuki love song of 1766, and a younger cousin of a Heian proverb of unspoken love in the Tale of Genji: not saying surpasses saying.
The novelist Tsubouchi Shōyō turned it on his own art in 1886: is it the flower for the author not to say, and the flower too for the reader to work it out?
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 言わぬが花.
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
