A Demon who Heals

[kylep]

Hello,

I am very interested in getting a wall scroll for my husband. I would love it to read "A Demon who Heals" in Japanse kanji. It's a poetic description of someone who feels like they are damned and unsavable, yet commits to helping heal others.

From what I can tell, it might be something like "Iyashi akuma" or 癒し悪魔. Am I close?

Thanks so much -- I love your work and look forward to seeing what it will look like!

Cheers,
Meg

[Gary]

Something like that...

癒し悪魔 Is something like "Therapy Demon". Well, 癒し犬 is therapy dog anyway. 癒し means healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace.

I need to consult a native Japanese translator to get this to be more natural. Being OK at conversational Japanese does not qualify me to compose new titles like this.

The expensive way to do this is hire a native Japanese translator, get a good translation, then order the artwork from the calligrapher.

The cheaper way is to have you order this rough version from a Japanese calligrapher, and have the calligrapher correct it as needed before she writes it.

You can do that here:
http://www.orientaloutpost.com/options. ... 4746+39764

Cheers,
-Gary.

[kylep]

Thank you! I just placed the order (ID 18310). Let's go with your cheaper suggestion. Please choose whatever calligrapher is best. I would also love any additional details about how it reads from the artist. Thanks again!