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.
大胆不敵
daitanfuteki
Fearless
Fearless: bold and afraid of no one, a Japanese word that praises nerve with swagger in it.
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
大胆不敵 (daitanfuteki): fearless, bold and afraid of no one, the nerve to do what others fear to do and to treat no one as a match.
A word that praises nerve: 大胆 (daitan) is boldness, having the nerve for what ordinary people shrink from, and 不敵 (futeki) is no rival, the word for someone so strong that no one can stand against them, and by extension someone who fears no one.
Together they praise nerve on both sides of the law: a father on the puppet stage presents his son to a Ming princess as born daitanfuteki, a novel gives the word to a lone rider who resolves to ride into the enemy camp, and it is said as well of the villain of a ghost story and of a burglar who dozes off in the bed he has robbed. That is the edge a person who chooses it should feel: this is nerve with swagger in it, I fear no one, where 不動心 (fudōshin) is stillness and 勇気 (yūki) is courage.
Fearless is the English Hepburn's dictionary gave 不敵 in 1867, and daring; audacious beside it keeps the edge.
大胆不敵 is composed of the words 大胆 (read daitan) meaning "fearless; bold; daring; audacious" and 不敵 (read futeki) meaning "daring; fearless; bold; intrepid".
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 大胆不敵.
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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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
