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  internet are Ichi-go-ichi-e  (The only- the first and the last - meeting in life) The Internet is like a universe, where you might easily get lost not aware of while you are just walking into space around the earth. Welcome to my home-page! You are the first guest.! I welcome you with hospitality of Ichi-go-ichi-e. Ichi-go-ichi-e means literally "the only- the first and the last- meeting in life" . I will treat all my guests as the first ones. That is why my guest book counter is always "1". This page is not completed yet and still under construction. I will promise you to complete it hopefully by the time you will come back in near future. Anyway please enjoy your stay. I'm looking forward to seeing you again. |
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 About Ichi-go-ichi-e |
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Ichi-go-ichi-e comes from a book
written
by Soji Yamagami who learned from Rikyu Sen(1522-1599) and made a master of the tea ceremony. Soji wrote about Rikyu Sen and his disciplines in that book. He says "when you hold a tea ceremony, you should treat your guests with the best hospitality from beginning to end as if this is the first and the last ceremony hosted by you in your life". I also understand Ichi-go-ichi-e as "whenever you meet someone, even if it is very short, think it the only chance to communicate with him in you life and do your best in treating him". I meet many people everyday but I would not be able to get anything from them unless I try to cherish every minutes of meeting. Sometimes I think I don't want to meet this guy, or I do want to meet that guy. However, as far as I think this way, I think I can not get anything meaningful from anyone. This is my lesson to remind. | |
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TO kazu_san I was looking for a Kazu I met in England
in the seventies. FROME kazu_san Ms Manuela |
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| mail from England Dear Kazu Can the proverb "Ichi Go Ichi E "be roughly translated as "One LifeOne Purpose". I have been practising the Shito Ryu system of Karate for 24 years now and have always steered away from having my name embroidered on my gibelt, however I think that I would like to have the above proverb in it if I can get hold of the correct calligraphy Kanji. can you help me onthis kind regards Osu Phil powell ************************* I got this mail from Phil Powell in August 2000. On my site in English, it is now available to get some Kanji-letters, thanks to his request. We've been mail-friends since then. He has a Dojo (a kind of school) in England, which belongs to the Ito School of Aiki-do. It was very nice of him to send me a photo of him and his daughter in Dogi (kimono-like sportswear for Aiki-do). So in return, I sent him a picture of me eating fish & chips in London on vacation. ----- Does he prefer to another one taken at a Japanese tofu restaurant in Kyoto?? He plans traveling to Canada at their 25year's wedding anniversary, as well maybe to Japan. It sounds exciting!! I showed him a Japanese textbook, which is recommended by a famous bookstore here in Osaka, since he seemed to be so interested in Japan. I a little bit wonder if he is still leaning Japanese!? |
Special thanks to my translation team
who did a good job of translating my difficult Japanese text
into easy and understandable English.
samples of Kanji calligraphy for "Ichigo-Ichie"
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