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糸東流
shitōryū
Shito-Ryu
Shito-Ryu, a school of karate whose name joins the Shuri and Naha lines in one.
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
糸東流 (shitōryū): Shito-Ryu, a school of karate.
糸東流 is a name, and its three characters work differently from a word's. 流 is a flow or a current, and in the arts it means a school, a line of teaching handed down. 糸 means thread and 東 means east, but here they are not read as words: the name is made from initials, read shi and tō. What it records is a lineage, the Shuri line and the Naha line of karate joined in one school. Whether it is for your own Shito-Ryu training or for someone who trains in the style is yours.
The name joins the first characters of the surnames of Mabuni Kenwa's two Okinawan teachers, Itosu Ankō 糸洲安恒 and Higaonna Kanryō 東恩納寛量, to 流, a school; in 1934 his publisher's journal reported it settled that he would take it, while his own book of October that year still styled him a teacher of 剛柔流.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 糸東流.
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.
Sending it as a gift? Add your message at checkout and we will include it.
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.
The scrolls are 12 1/4" W × 43" H (31 × 109 cm) with woven damask borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. 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
