The Sound of One Hand Clapping (sekishu no onjō)
隻手の音声
sekishu no onjō
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
The Sound of One Hand Clapping in Japanese is 隻手の音声 which is read sekishu no onjō
隻手の音声 (sekishu no onjō): the sound of one hand. It is the koan of Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769), and he defined it himself in a tract of 1753: when the two hands are struck together there is a sharp sound; when the one hand is raised there is neither sound nor scent. He says there that he had begun setting it five or six years before, after forty-five years of teaching with the older koans, because the great doubt rose more easily in anyone. The one hand is raised; the word clapping in the English title is J. D. Salinger's, from his 1953 epigraph, the form English knows. 音声, a sutra word, is read onjō here and means sound. The question is put to a student, and it is meant to be sat with.
About Our Scrolls
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
Master Takase personally brushes your Japanese scroll when you order. Each scroll proudly 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.
Delivery
The scroll is completed within 1–3 business days and is shipped from Master Takase's studio in Washington State by USPS Priority Mail. It arrives ready to display.
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