Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Japanese Scroll of Do not regret what you have done (ware koto ni oite koukai sezu) — Calligraphy by Eri Takase

Do not regret what you have done (ware koto ni oite koukai sezu)

我事に於て後悔せず (ware koto ni oite kōkai sezu): I do not regret what I have done. A precept of Miyamoto Musashi, hand-brushed by Master Eri Takase.

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Description

The Japanese saying 我事に於て後悔せず meaning "Do not regret what you have done" is one of the 21 precepts that Miyamoto Musashi wrote just before his death. This reminds us that we cannot change what we have done, we can only change what we do or what we will do. For more information see Miyamoto Musashi - Dokkoudou.

我事に於て後悔せず is composed of the kanji (read ware) meaning "oneself", (read koto) meaning "thing; matter", に於いて (read nioite) meaning "regarding; as for", 後悔 (read koukai) meaning "regret" and せず (read sezu) meaning "without; do not."