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.
順風満帆
junpū manpan
Smooth Sailing
Smooth sailing, a fair wind and a full sail, the state of things going as well as they can.
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
順風満帆 (junpū manpan): smooth sailing, a fair wind and a full sail, the state of things going as well as they can.
The wish for the voyage: a fair wind behind you and every sail full, everything going as well as it can go. It began as a sailor's plain log entry. It became the word for a life, a recovery or a business in a good stretch. It is a state you are in rather than a thing you do. Two readings compete, manpan and manpo, and manpan is the dictionaries' ruling. Its sister 一路順風 is the wish at the gangway, for the journey's start. This one is for the sailing itself.
The four-character idiom 順風満帆 is composed of the word 順風 (read junpū) meaning "favorable wind" and the kanji 満 (read man) meaning "full" and 帆 (read pan) meaning "sail".
順風満帆 is first found in a ship's log of 1873, literal, and was figurative in kanbun before 1880.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 順風満帆.
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
