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This is the Japanese martial arts Aiki O'Kami.
The Aiki (合気/合氣) means harmonious energy. While Okami or O'kami (大神) means great spirit.
You will usually see this title written as 合氣大神, though in modern Japanese (after 1945) the second character, 氣, was simplified to 気 in Japan (and 气 in China). I suggest you use 合氣大神, but please let me know when you order if you would prefer 合気大神 instead.
神 is the simplest way to write spirit in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean.
This single character alone will conjure up ideas of the spiritual world. 神 can also be translated as “vital awareness” as in the fact that one must know they exist to exist (I think, therefore, I am).
Other translations include:
God, deity, mysterious, divine essence, lively, spiritual being, divinity, supernatural, soul, mind, nerves, and energy. In some extended context, it can mean genius or unusual.
Japanese romanizations vary a lot when this character is combined into other words. However, shin is the original pronunciation taken from Chinese into Japanese. You'll also see it romanized as kami, gami, jin, and a few others, depending on context.
貓神 is the title Nekogami or “Cat God” in Japanese.
This can also be pronounced “neko shin” or “neko kami.”
猫神 is the modern Japanese version, before WWII, this would have been written 貓神 (just the first Kanji varies).
This also makes sense in Chinese, though the traditional version, 貓神, would be better for Chinese calligraphy.
天狗 is the Japanese title for Tengu, which roughly translates as “heavenly dog.”
Tengu is a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and is also considered a type of Shinto god (kami) or yōkai (supernatural being).
The origin is Chinese, though this term is seldom used in Chinese anymore. It was a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou)
Although the title contains the word “dog,” the tengu are often depicted with human and bird-like characteristics. Sometimes they have large noses or beaks like birds.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese:
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Aiki O'Kami | 合氣大神 合気大神 | aikiokami | ||
| Athena | アテナ | atena | ||
| Athena | 雅典娜 | yǎ diǎn nà ya3 dian3 na4 ya dian na yadianna | ya tien na yatienna |
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| Kami | ケミ | kemi | ||
| Kami | 卡米 | kǎ mǐ / ka3 mi3 / ka mi / kami | k`a mi / kami / ka mi | |
| Kawa no Kami River God | 川の神 | kawa no kami kawanokami | ||
| Spirit Spiritual Essence | 神 | shin / kami | shén / shen2 / shen | |
| Nekogami | 貓神 猫神 | neko gami / nekogami | māo shén / mao1 shen2 / mao shen / maoshen | |
| Tengu | 天狗 | ten gu / tengu | tiān gǒu / tian1 gou3 / tian gou / tiangou | t`ien kou / tienkou / tien kou |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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