Live Life

Live Life in Japanese is 精一杯生きる which is read seiippai ikiru

精一杯生きる (seiippai ikiru): live with all you have.

精一杯 seiippai is an adverb, to the limit of one's strength, as much as one can, first cited from a puppet play of 1766; 生きる ikiru is to live, the verb under every phrase in this family. The dictionary form is not an imperative: a Japanese reader hears a resolution, what one does or means to do, not an order, so the line reads without an exclamation mark.

No Japanese book to 1946 prints the phrase; it is ordinary modern Japanese, and here it is the house's Japanese for the English live life to the full, which the title shortens.

The beautiful art would make the perfect retirement gift and is an elegant reminder to enjoy all that life has to offer.

Philology of 精一杯生きる · 強く生きる · 自由に生まれて · 生きる笑う愛する

The scroll is completed within 1–3 business days and is shipped from Master Takase's studio in Washington State by USPS Priority Mail. It arrives ready to display.

The scroll is packed in its own box inside the shipping box. A printed page travels with it showing the art with its English, romaji and Japanese. Sending it as a gift? Ask us when you order and we will include your message.

The scroll is $220. Shipping is USPS Priority Mail, calculated at checkout from your address: within the United States it is roughly $13 to $22; to Canada about $47; to Europe, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Korea and Brazil about $69 to $86. Outside the United States, import tax and customs charges are collected by your customs authority at delivery and are not part of what you pay us. Germany is the one exception: we collect them at checkout so nothing is owed at the door.

Every order is covered by our 100% money-back guarantee for 30 days. Contact us first and we will confirm the return details. If your item arrives damaged, or we made an error, we replace it or refund you in full, including shipping. Refund policy

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

Master Takase personally brushes your Japanese scroll when you order. Each scroll proudly bears her red seal, 英利, and her signature.

The scrolls are 12 1/4" W × 43" H (31 × 109 cm) with real silk borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. The scrolls themselves are made by Sankō (株式会社三幸) in Gifu prefecture, which has been making high quality scrolls since 1947, and we have worked with Sankō for over two decades.