Jiun · 自運 · VD2B
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.
白虎 byakko White Tiger
The White Tiger, guardian of the western heavens.
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
White Tiger in Japanese is 白虎 which is read byakko
白虎 (byakko): the White Tiger, guardian of the western heavens.
白虎 is the tiger that keeps the west. Beside it stand the Azure Dragon of the east, the Red Bird of the south and the Dark Warrior of the north. The same name belongs to the White Tiger band of Aizu. It was the youngest of the domain's four units, each named for one of these guardians.
As a scroll it is a guardian's name in two strong characters.
The word joins 白, white, and 虎, tiger, and names the White Tiger that the cosmology of Han China set in the west as one of four guardian beasts of the quarters, a banner in the 禮記 and the west's beast in the 淮南子; it is recorded in Japan on the court's New Year banners of 701 and painted on the west walls of two tombs of about 700.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 白虎.
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.
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
