Eri's Choice · VD3B
Eri's Choice is a design that does not keep strictly to one style; it is Master Takase's own artistic choice.
夫婦円満
fūfuenman
Marital Bliss
A marriage in harmony, calm and free of friction: the plain Japanese wish for a husband and wife.
by Master Eri Takase
Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, Eri Takase received the rank of Shihan, master, from two calligraphy societies, the Bokuteki-kai and Bunka-shodō, and won best-of-category awards in all-Japan national competitions. She has created calligraphy for people around the world for more than thirty years, and with your order she will be creating calligraphy for you.
In a ritual as old as calligraphy itself, Master Takase prepares the ink, meditatively rubbing the ink stick against the stone until it reaches the perfect consistency for the paper. Then, properly loading the brush with ink, she brushes your scroll. And only when the scroll is just right and meets her approval, she signs it and affixes her seal, completing your original scroll.
12 1/4" × 43" (31 × 109 cm) Japanese Scrolls
The scrolls have woven damask borders and special layered Japanese paper (washi), designed to last generations by a scroll maker in Gifu, Japan, with whom we have worked for over two decades.
Gift-Ready
Your scroll arrives boxed, with a printed insert describing the words in detail.
Sending it as a gift? Add your message at checkout and we will include it with the insert.
Ships in 1-3 days from Washington State
Your scroll is brushed when you order it and completed within 1 to 3 business days.
Your scroll ships from Master Takase's studio in Washington State. Shipping is calculated at checkout. We ship worldwide.
30-day money-back guarantee
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.
Explanation
夫婦円満 is the plain modern Japanese word for a marriage that works, two people at peace with each other: the phrase a fortune almanac, a shrine's advertisement, a who's-who and a magazine all use, said as a wish and as a report, with no author behind it. Its 円満 means harmonious and free of friction, said of people and of dealings as readily as of a marriage; it began as a Buddhist word for merit that lacks nothing.
The classical sister of 夫婦円満 is 比翼連理, wing to wing, branch to branch, from a Tang poem, and its modern one is 家庭円満, a harmonious home.
夫婦円満 is composed of the words 夫婦 (read fūfu) meaning "married couple, husband and wife" and 円満 (read enman) meaning "harmony".
Learn More About These Words
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 夫婦円満.
