十人十色 jūnintoiro Ten People, Ten Colors

Ten People, Ten Colors in Japanese is 十人十色 which is read jūnintoiro

十人十色 (jūnin toiro): ten people, ten colors.

Ten people, ten colors: everyone is their own kind, and the proverb says so without judging it. Ten is not a count, it stands for everyone, and the colors are kinds, characters, tastes, the picture that every English proverb of minds and tastes lacks, which is why the literal English is the right one. The dictionaries have read it as hearts, as minds and as tastes, and the gentlest reading, that it celebrates our differences, is one the sources support; which you hang it for is yours.

We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 十人十色.

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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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 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.

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