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Death Before Dishonor

不名誉より死 (fumeiyo yori shi)

不名誉より死 (fumeiyo yori shi): death before dishonor, the crest's vow that honor outranks life. 不名誉 fumeiyo is dishonor, the damaging of one's good name; より yori is rather than; 死 shi is death; and the phrase has no verb, which is what a crest says and how Japanese says it too, the thing chosen standing last. The Latin behind the English is the badge of a Neapolitan order of 1464, malo mori quam foedari, I would rather die than be dishonored. The Japanese is the house's, in a noun that entered the language in 1887 with the first modern novel, so the sentence is new and its sentiment is old.
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Block Vertical VB3C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Block Vertical VB4C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Block Vertical VB5C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Cursive Vertical VC3B
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Cursive Vertical VC4B
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Cursive Vertical VC5B
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Design Vertical VD5C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS4C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5C
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5D
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Block Horizontal HB3A
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Cursive Horizontal HC3A
Death Before Dishonor (不名誉より死) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Death Before Dishonor 不名誉より死 fumeiyo yori shi Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS3A

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