Discount Asian Art
Reason for discount: Minor waviness and a few tiny specks in the silk.

Written by a real Japanese calligrapher, this wall scroll should be worth $230 in a gallery or over $100 on my site. However, this one is discounted to less than half price.

Once in a Lifetime

This Japanese title can be translated as "for this time only", "chance meeting", "one meeting, one opportunity", "never again", or "one chance in a lifetime". There is a suggestion that because it's a fleeting chance, one should cherish it as such.

The characters literally mean "one time one meeting" - of course, the Kanji characters have meaning far beyond a direct translation like this.

Some might use this proverb to talk of an opportunity that presents itself just once in your life. It could also be the single chance-meeting with your true soul mate. Basically an expression for any event that might happen once in a lifetime.

This is primarily a Japanese title, however, there is also a Traditional Chinese (and old Korean) version of this proverb. Just the last character is different.