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Japanese Scroll of Jundo Seisho (jundō seishō) — Calligraphy by Eri Takase

Jundo Seisho (jundō seishō)

順道制勝
jundō seishō

12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

$220

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Description

Jundo Seisho in Japanese is 順道制勝 which is read jundō seishō

順道制勝, read jundō seishō: follow the Way, and command victory. It is judo's founding teaching, and the second half depends on the first: the win that counts is reached by the right means, in body and mind alike, and it is a victory over oneself and over difficulty before it is a victory over an opponent. This is one of the few texts in this catalogue with a named author. The phrase is Kanō Jigorō's own, two old words joined new: 順道, to follow the Way, a moralist's word with its ground in the Book of Han, and 制勝, to command victory, the strategist's word from Sunzi. It appeared in print under his name in the first generation of judo manuals, which called it, with body and mind at ease, the whole secret of the art; he chose it as the spirit of the judo club at the Tokyo Higher Normal School, where he was principal; and it was the phrase he most liked to brush for a dojo, and his plaques of it hung in Ibaraki, Hiroshima and Kumamoto. His own gloss is the sentence to read: if you win, win by following the Way; if you lose, lose by following the Way; a loss in accordance with the Way is worth more than a win against it. On some of his calligraphy he added four characters, 行不害人, in acting, harm no one. The Kōdōkan renders the phrase Accordance with the Way Overcomes Winning; John Stevens, in The Way of Judo, Following the Way Produces Victory. In Japanese order it reads 道に順って勝を制す. The Japanese phrase jundō seishō (commonly written in English as "Jundo Seisho") is a Judo term composed of the kanji (read jun) meaning "right, order", (read ) meaning "path, teaching, way" and the word 制勝 (read seishō) meaning "victory".

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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