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Block or kaisho (楷書) styles are the most common and recognizable styles. Block styles are easily read and are noted for their angular form and their vertical and horizontal lines.
美しき過ち
utsukushiki ayamachi
Beautiful Mistakes
Beautiful mistakes, in the literary Japanese of titles and poems.
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
美しき過ち (utsukushiki ayamachi) means beautiful mistakes, in the literary Japanese of titles and poems.
美しき過ち does not say which mistake, so you bring your own to it. Its noun, 過ち, runs from an error you learn from, through a wrong you own, to a love you should not have had, and the English mistake covers all three. The English often means a happy accident as well. In the Japanese print read for its history the phrase is used of feeling, of love and of sin. For the happy accident by itself, Japanese has other idioms, 怪我の功名 and 失敗は成功のもと. Whether it is for a mistake you learned from or for something harder is yours.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 美しき過ち.
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
