Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

永遠に心の中に eien ni kokoro no naka ni Forever in My Heart

Forever in my heart, said in Japanese without a word for whose heart.

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.

$220 + shipping
Description

永遠に心の中に (eien ni kokoro no naka ni): forever in the heart.

Forever, in the heart: the verb is left off, as it is in an English memorial notice. The sentence does not say whose heart, so it can hold one person's memory or a whole family's. Its twin, eien ni watashi no kokoro ni, spells out my, and both forms are common in print. The earliest page with this one in the National Diet Library's full text is a report of 1927 in which a Sado Island teacher hopes a class motto will lodge forever in the pupils' hearts.

We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 永遠に心の中に.

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.

Master Takase's signature and red seal beside the brocade border The roller at the foot of a hanging scroll The corner where the paper, the gold band and the brocade border meet

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