Jiun · 自運 · VD6B
Jiun (自運) is the calligrapher's word for writing from one's own invention. As a Shihan, Master Takase has a hand of her own, and these designs are that hand: she draws freely on the classic scripts to create exactly the look she wants.
忠義礼誠名誉仁勇義
chūgi rei makoto meiyo jin yū gi
Seven Virtues of Bushido
The seven virtues of bushidō, nine characters, seven words.
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
Seven Virtues of Bushido in Japanese is 忠義礼誠名誉仁勇義 which is read chūgi rei makoto meiyo jin yū gi
忠義礼誠名誉仁勇義 (chūgi rei makoto meiyo jin yū gi): the seven virtues of bushidō, nine characters, seven words.
忠義礼誠名誉仁勇義 sets seven virtues side by side: loyalty, respect, honesty, honor, benevolence, valor and rectitude. Each one is a standard Japanese word for its virtue. 義, rectitude, is written twice: once on its own, and once inside 忠義, the word for loyalty. Which of bushidō's seven you hold closest is yours.
The seven virtues are the chapters of an English book, Bushido: The Soul of Japan (1900) by Nitobe Inazō 新渡戸稲造, which gives them no Japanese form. Their short Japanese names are his translators'; these seven, to the character, are the chapter titles of Yanaihara Tadao 矢内原忠雄's translation of 1938, as the National Diet Library catalogues it. This loyalty-first order is first seen on Takase Studios' own pages, in 2011; neither of the National Diet Library's two full-text indexes finds it in a book.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 忠義礼誠名誉仁勇義.
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
