Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

仁者は憂えず jinsha wa ureezu The Benevolent Have No Worries

From Confucius.

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.

$220 + shipping
Description

仁者は憂えず (jinsha wa ureezu): one whose heart is humane is not anxious.

仁 is the first Confucian virtue, humaneness, which English has long called benevolence. Confucius named it in one breath with two more, in the Analects, book nine: the wise are not perplexed, the humane are not anxious, the brave are not afraid, each virtue named by the one thing it frees a person from. The Japanese dictionaries add the reason the line leaves unsaid: at peace with what Heaven decrees, the humane have nothing to worry over.

We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 仁者は憂えず.

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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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.

Master Takase's signature and red seal beside the brocade border The roller at the foot of a hanging scroll The corner where the paper, the gold band and the brocade border meet

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