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今を生きる
ima o ikiru
Live the Moment
Live the moment: the Japanese title of Dead Poets Society, and Horace's carpe diem in five characters.
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
今を生きる (ima o ikiru): live the moment, live the now.
Not to live in the present but to live it. The now is the thing lived, not the time one lives in, and the particle を is what makes it so. It is carpe diem in plain modern Japanese, seize the day. It also says to live wholly in the present. A person who chooses it for a fresh start has the first. A person who chooses it for attention to the present has the second. The phrase holds both, and which is yours.
The phrase was in Japanese print by 1914, when the critic Sōma Gyofū wrote of how to live the now, and in 1990 it was the title under which Japan saw the film Dead Poets Society, a title rendering Horace's carpe diem, which the film's teacher glosses as "seize the day."
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 今を生きる.
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 Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. 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
