良妻賢母 ryōsaikenbo Good Wife Wise Mother

良妻賢母 (ryōsaikenbo) means a good wife and a wise mother, the praise a family gives a woman whose life has been spent well on the people around her.

Good Wife Wise Mother (良妻賢母) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Good Wife Wise Mother 良妻賢母 ryōsaikenbo Vertical Block VB3C

Good Wife Wise Mother (良妻賢母) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Good Wife Wise Mother 良妻賢母 ryōsaikenbo Vertical Cursive VC3B

Good Wife Wise Mother (良妻賢母) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Good Wife Wise Mother 良妻賢母 ryōsaikenbo Vertical Design VD4B

Good Wife Wise Mother (良妻賢母) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Good Wife Wise Mother 良妻賢母 ryōsaikenbo Vertical Semi-Cursive VS4C

More about 良妻賢母

良妻 (ryōsai) is a good wife and 賢母 (kenbo) a wise mother: two ordinary words set side by side into one phrase that honors the traditional values of home and family. Good Wife Wise Mother is the exact English, word for word.

We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 良妻賢母.

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Good Wife Wise Mother (ryōsaikenbo)

Good Wife, Wise Mother in Japanese, 良妻賢母 (ryōsaikenbo), a hand-brushed hanging scroll by Master Calligrapher Eri Takase.

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Good Wife Wise Mother as a hand-brushed scroll

Master Takase personally brushes your scroll when you order, and it bears her red seal and her signature. The scroll has real silk borders and layered Japanese paper, so it hangs straight, and it arrives ready to display.