Semi-Cursive · gyōsho 行書 · VS6C
Semi-Cursive or gyōsho (行書) styles are a simplified and softer form of the kaisho styles. Gyōsho styles can be read by most Japanese.
苦しんだ学んだ変わった
kurushinda, mananda, kawatta
I Suffered, I Learned, I Changed
I suffered, I learned, I changed.
by Master Eri Takase
Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, Eri Takase received the rank of Shihan, master, from two calligraphy societies, the Bokuteki-kai and Bunka-shodō, and won best-of-category awards in all-Japan national competitions. She has created calligraphy for people around the world for more than thirty years, and with your order she will be creating calligraphy for you.
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12 1/4" × 43" (31 × 109 cm) Japanese Scrolls
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Explanation
苦しんだ学んだ変わった is three verbs in the plain past: 苦しんだ kurushinda, suffered; 学んだ mananda, learned; 変わった kawatta, changed. There are no particles and no pronoun. Japanese gives Caesar's veni, vidi, vici the same shape, 来た見た勝った. The Japanese renders an English motto.
The English renders an Arabic line, تألّمت فتعلّمت فتغيّرت, "I suffered, so I learned, so I changed". Its first two verbs open a passage of Abū al-Faḍl al-Walīd (Ilyās ʿAbd Allāh Ṭuʿma), quoted from his book 『أحاديث المجد والوجد』, in print by 1929; the oldest copy of the three-verb line found here is an image posted on Tumblr on 7 December 2012.
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