Jiun · 自運 · VD3B
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.
王女戦士
ōjo senshi
Warrior Princess
A warrior who is a princess.
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
Warrior Princess in Japanese is 王女戦士 which is read ōjo senshi
王女戦士 (ōjo senshi): a warrior who is a princess.
王女戦士 is read the way 企業戦士, the corporate warrior, is read: the second word is the head. 戦士 is a soldier on the field and, today, anyone who fights on the front line for a cause. A Japanese reader takes it that way on sight.
The compound renders the English warrior princess, a title in 1873 and the subtitle of a 1995 television series: two old Japanese words, 王女, a king's daughter, and 戦士, a fighting man, set the other way round from the English, so that 戦士 is the head and she is a warrior who is a princess; it first appears in Japanese print in 1988, in a translated American novel, and remains rare, in no dictionary.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 王女戦士.
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
