The Name Katori in Japanese/Chinese on a Custom-Made Wall Scroll.

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 katori
Katori Scroll

香取 is a Japanese name that romanizes as Katori.

This could refer to the ship by this name that served in the Japanese Navy until sunk by the USS Iowa in 1944. This can also be a person's name in Japan, or refer to the new city of Katori (香取市) in Chiba prefecture of Japan.

Katori Shinto-ryu

 ka tori shin tou ryuu
Katori Shinto-ryu Scroll

香取神道流 is the Japanese Kanji for the Katori Shintō-ryū martial arts.

Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu

 ten shin shou den ka tori shin tou ryuu
Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu Scroll

天真正伝香取神道流 is Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, a very old form of Japanese martial arts.


The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Katori香取katori
Katori Shinto-ryu香取神道流ka tori shin tou ryuu
katorishintouryuu
ka tori shin to ryu
Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu天真正伝香取神道流ten shin shou den ka tori shin tou ryuu
ten shin sho den ka tori shin to ryu


Dictionary

Lookup Katori in my Japanese & Chinese Dictionary

All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.

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!

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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.


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