Block · kaisho 楷書 · VB4C
Block or kaisho (楷書) styles are the most common and recognizable styles. Block styles are easily read and are noted for their angular form and their vertical and horizontal lines.
精一杯生きる
seiippai ikiru
Live Life
Live with all you have.
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
Live Life in Japanese is 精一杯生きる which is read seiippai ikiru
精一杯生きる (seiippai ikiru): live with all you have.
精一杯生きる is a resolution: to live with all the strength you have. The verb is in its plain form, which Japanese uses for what one does or means to do. So the line reads as a promise to oneself, not a command. 精一杯 is effort to the limit, as hard as one can. The English live life to the full asks for a full life; the Japanese asks for all your strength.
精一杯生きる is ordinary modern Japanese, in print in this form by 1937. Here it is the house's Japanese for the English live life to the full, which the title shortens.
The beautiful art would make the perfect retirement gift and is an elegant reminder to enjoy all that life has to offer.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 精一杯生きる.
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? Add your message at checkout and we will include it.
Shipping is calculated at checkout from your address; within the United States it is $13 to $23. 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 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
