Eri's Choice · VD5J
Eri's Choice is a design that does not keep strictly to one style; it is Master Takase's own artistic choice.
一心不乱
isshin furan
Single-Minded Concentration
Single-minded concentration: the whole mind on one thing, with nothing else taking it, in four characters found in the Amida Sutra.
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
一心不乱 (isshin furan) is word for word one mind, not disordered.
The phrase is everyday Japanese, and a Japanese dictionary gives praying and studying as its examples of doing a thing single-mindedly.
In the Amida Sutra, the phrase says how Amida's name is held: for one to seven days, with one mind, not scattered. Hisao Inagaki's English of 2003 reads with a concentrated and undistracted mind.
Two Japanese dictionaries mark a Buddhist sense as the older one: making the mind one and taking refuge in the Buddha. Today the dictionaries lead with the general sense.
A phrase of Chinese Buddhist translation, in use by 286 and found in Kumārajīva's translation of the Amida Sutra, about 402, one of the principal sutras recited in China and Japan, and quoted in Japan by 984.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 一心不乱.
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
