Spritual Energy
Chinese / Japanese Kanji Wall Scroll

Spritual Energy - Chinese / Japanese Kanji Wall Scroll
Spritual Energy - Chinese / Japanese Kanji Wall Scroll
126.7cm
49¾"
50cm
19¾"

Typical Gallery Price: $130.00

Your Price: $58.77


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Spritual Energy - Chinese / Japanese Kanji Wall Scroll living room view

This artwork will look great in your home or office.

Approximate Measurements

Artwork Panel: 32cm x 65cm ≈ 12½" x 25½"

Silk/Brocade: 41cm x 126.7cm ≈ 16" x 49¾"

Width at Wooden Knobs: 50cm ≈ 19¾"

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氣

Energy - Spiritual Essence

Japanese Kanji / Chinese / Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scroll

Spritual Energy - Chinese / Japanese Kanji Wall Scroll close up view

Close up view of the artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll

This Chinese Character and Japanese Kanji means energy, and in some cases refers to steam (in ancient times, they believed the steam coming from a pot of cooking rice was the life energy of the rice being released).

In the martial arts world, this is the energy that must be focused to break boards and do miraculous feats of strength and force. Many Buddhists believe that this essence is obtained through meditation and concentration.

In case you are wondering, this is the "ki" in Aikido, the "ki" as in Reiki (the healing art), the "qi" as in "Qi Qong", and the "chi" as in "Tai Chi".


Link: Options for custom Energy-related Chinese/Japanese/Korean calligraphy wall scrolls are available here!


About the calligrapher:

Caobin 2017

I met Cao Bin years ago, and long before his fame. At that time, his wife was running a small house cleaning business. One day she was tidying up my mother-in-law's home in Beijing and overheard that I am in the business of selling Chinese calligraphy and artwork. She asked if I'd like to meet her husband who was a pretty good calligrapher as she described him with modesty.

The next evening, I visited his modest studio and saw some really nice calligraphy and great black ink bamboo paintings that he'd just finished. After a lot of tea drinking and chatting, I asked if I could commission a few pieces.

Through the years, I would occasionally buy a few more pieces, not realizing how famous he had become. I might pop by his studio, only to hear from his wife that he was down in Anhui receiving an award for his calligraphy (calligraphy competitions are comparable to the fervor that sports championships have in the rest of the world). It finally dawned on me that this man I had known for about 7 years was a premier calligrapher for whom books had been published featuring his work, and the recipient of numerous awards.

The best part is that I have guanxi (a word that kind of means "special relationship" in Chinese), he gives me better prices than anyone else. This really fits well with my philosophy to offer high quality Asian artwork that everyone can afford.

Ponytail Cao Bin

When I first met him, Cao Bin had a shaved head like a Buddhist monk. Years later, he has traded in that look for the ponytail that is expected of the eccentric Chinese artist

Frenzy of people watching Cao Bin

A frenzy of people watch Cao Bin create his calligraphy during a special event

Caobin in Studio

Cao Bin at his studio

Calligraphy Studio of Cao Bin

Full view of Cao Bin's calligraphy studio


More about the artwork:

This is painted on xuan paper (often incorrectly called "rice paper"). The raw artwork was then taken to my workshop in east Beijing where the master mounter built it into a handmade wall scroll.

This item was listed or modified
Jul 17th, 2022

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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form of art alive.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.


Typical Gallery Price: $130.00

Your Price: $58.77


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