Block · kaisho 楷書 · VB5C
Block or kaisho (楷書) styles are the most common and recognizable styles. Block styles are easily read and are noted for their angular form and their vertical and horizontal lines.
自業自得
jigō jitoku
You Reap What You Sow
One's own deeds, one's own fruit.
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
You Reap What You Sow in Japanese is 自業自得 which is read jigō jitoku
自業自得 (jigō jitoku): one's own deeds, one's own fruit.
What you did comes back to you, and no one else did this to you; 得 is to receive, so the fruit is received, not gained. The words are a sutra's, translated into Chinese in 539, where a hell-warden speaks them to a sinner wailing in the fire, and asks him why he wails; a Japanese monk wrote them of himself about 1213, and Hakuin sang them to mill-girls in 1760 with the seed and the field, which is where the English harvest meets the Japanese.
The sutra says it of good deeds too; Japanese usage says it of bad ones, so the scroll is a warning in Japanese and can be a promise in English.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 自業自得.
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
