Cursive · sōsho 草書 · VC3B
Cursive or sōsho (草書) styles are the most simplified styles and Master Takase's favorite. While very beautiful, these styles are often difficult to read even by specialists.
柔道 jūdō Judo
Judo, the gentle way.
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
Judo in Japanese is 柔道 which is read jūdō
柔道 (jūdō): judo, the martial art Kanō Jigorō founded in 1882.
柔道 is judo, the martial art and sport Kanō Jigorō founded in 1882. The characters say the gentle way. The word is older than the art. A Han emperor said he would rule the empire by 柔道, and Edo schools of jūjutsu wrote it for their inner teaching. The license Kanō's own teacher gave him in 1883 already reads 柔道. In 1889 Kanō explained why he kept the old name. The common word, 柔術, jūjutsu, had come to suggest a dangerous art, and show booths had cheapened it. He also wished the work of the masters before him not to be lost. It became the art's general name slowly: the Dai Nippon Butokukai wrote it for the art by 1914, and a Ministry regulation in 1919.
The Japanese word jūdō meaning "Judo" is composed of the kanji 柔 (read jū) meaning "supple; gentle; soft" and 道 (read dō) meaning "the way; teachings".
柔道 was a word of the Edo schools of jūjutsu, for their inner teaching above the technique, before Kanō Jigorō took it as the name of what he taught at the Kōdōkan, which he opened in 1882, and it became the art's general name slowly, in the Dai Nippon Butokukai's rules by 1914 and in a Ministry regulation of 1919.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 柔道.
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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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
