Spirit of Perseverance (osu no seishin)
押忍の精神
osu no seishin
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
Spirit of Perseverance in Japanese is 押忍の精神 which is read osu no seishin
押忍の精神 (osu no seishin): the spirit of osu. 押忍 (osu) is the greeting shouted in karate halls and many others, a spoken word first; the two characters, 押 push and 忍 endure, were fitted to the sound afterward, which is why push and endure is how the word is usually explained rather than where it came from. 精神 (seishin) is spirit in the ordinary sense, and の joins the two. Where the greeting began is told several ways, an old navy clipping of good morning, a prewar martial-arts school in Kyoto, a sumo word for withstanding a push, and the tellings disagree on the place and the decade, which is what a legend looks like. What the halls mean by it is endurance under pressure, the greeting turned into a creed. Spirit of Perseverance is the house's gloss of that creed; 押忍 itself is the word a student says at the door.
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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