Cursive · sōsho 草書 · VC5B
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.
松涛館空手道
shōtōkan karatedō
Shotokan Karate-Do
Shotokan karate-do, the karate of Funakoshi Gichin's line.
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
松涛館空手道 (shōtōkan karatedō): Shotokan karate-do, the karate of Funakoshi Gichin's line.
松涛館空手道 names a style of karate after a place: 松涛館, the hall of pine waves, the Tokyo dōjō where Funakoshi Gichin taught. 松涛, the sound of wind in the pines, was his pen name, and his supporters gave it to the hall they built for him. The karate taught there came to take the hall's name. He did not want his karate called a school of its own, and his students kept the name all the same. For someone who trains in this line, it names what they practice and the teacher it comes from.
The design writes 涛 in its modern form; 濤 is the older form of the same character, and the two are one word.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 松涛館空手道.
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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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 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
