B075HL24HJ Respect the Past, Create the New (onkochishin): Japanese Scroll by Master Eri Takase

Master Takase personally brushes your Japanese scroll when you order. Respect the Past, Create the New in Japanese is 温故知新 which is read onkochishin and is one of my favorite sayings. It means one needs to first learn the basics, learn the accumulated wisdom and only then can one create the truly new. Onkochishin was perhaps first introduced to the United States on Iron Chef in Iron Chefs: New York Battle when Iron Chef Michiba gave this advice to Iron Chef Morimoto. The translation was given then as “Respect the old, search for the new.” The phrase was meant to remind Morimoto that it is by respecting traditions and methods of the past that truly new works may be created. In 2006, Warner Brothers bought a copy of one of my onkochishin scrolls to be used in what was then titled “Red Sun, Black Sand”. The title was later changed to “Flags of Our Fathers” and, unfortunately, the scene with the scroll ended up on the cutting room floor. Both of these stories show a central role that this phrase has in Japan. And, truly, it is a universal lesson. This high-quality Japanese scroll is imported from Nara Japan and is meant to last generations. Your scroll is shipped within 1-3 business days from Master Takase’s studio in Washington State and arrives ready to display.