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七転八起
nana korobi ya oki
Fall Down Seven, Get Up Eight
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
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
Fall Down Seven, Get Up Eight in Japanese is 七転八起 which is read nana korobi ya oki
七転八起 (nana korobi ya oki): fall down seven times, get up eight.
Knocked down seven times, up on the eighth: the proverb asks for one rising more than there were falls. That one extra is the whole of it. The tradition keeps two senses, side by side since the Edo period. One is resolve: getting up once more than you are knocked down. The other is consolation, said to someone in trouble: luck turns, and bad is followed by good. The self-righting doll, the daruma today, sits with both. Which of the two you see in the four characters is yours.
The English on this page is the proverb's modern form, in print by 1964. A shorter one, fall seven times, stand up eight, runs beside it.
The Japanese phrase nana korobi ya oki meaning "Fall Down Seven, Get Up Eight" is composed of the kanji 七 (read nana) meaning "seven", 転 (read korobi) meaning "to fall", 八 (read ya) meaning "eight", and 起 (read oki) meaning "to get up".
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 七転八起.
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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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
