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和敬清寂
wakei seijaku
Four Virtues of Tea
Harmony, respect, purity, tranquility.
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
和敬清寂 (wakei seijaku): harmony, respect, purity, tranquility.
Four characters, four virtues of the tea gathering. Harmony and respect are how host and guest are to be with each other. Purity and tranquility are how the room, the garden and the utensils are to be. The tea schools have taught the four as the spirit of the way of tea.
A second spelling writes the third character as 静, stillness. That would say the fourth virtue twice, since 寂 is the stillness of a quiet place. The dictionaries head the word with 清, purity, and so do these designs.
These English words are in R. H. Blyth's Haiku of 1949, and in a book of 1967 by Sen Sōshitsu XV, grand master of the Urasenke school of tea.
和敬清寂 consists of the kanji 和 (read wa) meaning "Harmony", 敬 (read kei) meaning "Respect", 清 (read sei) meaning "Purity", and 寂 (read jaku) meaning "Tranquility".
Tradition gives the words to the tea master Sen no Rikyū, but their first appearance is a Zen abbot's preface of 1699, a hundred and eight years after Rikyū's death, printed in 1730.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 和敬清寂.
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
