Font Design · VD5B
Font Designs are Master Takase's unique designs. Often she will use her own style or a combination of fonts and, without a classification limit, create exactly the look she wants.
運命を制す
unmei wo seisu
I Control My Destiny
To command fate.
Master Takase creates this beautiful scroll when your order is placed. Personally preparing the ink and brushing your art that proudly bears her signature and seal. This is an original work of art.
Description
I Control My Destiny in Japanese is 運命を制す which is read unmei wo seisu
運命を制す (unmei wo seisu): to command fate.
運命を制す is a claim of mastery over your own fate. 運命 is fate, the power beyond human will that deals out good fortune and bad, and 制す is to command it. The ending is the old written form, the voice of a maxim. The line has no subject, so whoever hangs it is the one who commands. Whether you hang it for yourself or give it to someone who is making their own way is yours.
This beautiful work of art is a positive and motivating message making the perfect gift for the independent mover in your life.
The line is the last three words of a maxim, the hero can master fate, which Japanese books of maxims printed from 1899 to 1923 and credited to Napoleon, though no French source for it is known.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 運命を制す.
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? Tell us when you order and we will include your message.
Shipping is calculated at checkout from your address; within the United States it is $13 to $22. 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 real silk borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. The scrolls themselves are made by Sankō (株式会社三幸) in Gifu prefecture, which has been making high quality scrolls since 1947, and we have worked with Sankō 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
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