Hope is our greatest treasure in Japanese Calligraphy

希望は最大の宝 (kibō wa saidai no takara)

希望は最大の宝 (kibō wa saidai no takara): hope is the greatest treasure. A maxim in the plainest Japanese form, subject, は, predicate: 希望 kibō, hope, first the wish and then, from 1875, the bright outlook; 最大 saidai, greatest; 宝 takara, treasure, whose oldest citation is the Man'yōshū question of what treasure surpasses a child. No Japanese book to 1946 prints the maxim; it is the house's own line, with the English our dropped because Japanese needs no possessor, and the は is what makes it a proverb rather than a phrase.

Verify: 希望は最大の宝 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Hope is our greatest treasure (希望は最大の宝) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Hope is our greatest treasure 希望は最大の宝 kibō wa saidai no takara Block Vertical VB6C

Hope is our greatest treasure 希望は最大の宝 kibō wa saidai no takara Block Vertical VB6D

Hope is our greatest treasure (希望は最大の宝) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Hope is our greatest treasure 希望は最大の宝 kibō wa saidai no takara Cursive Vertical VC6B

Hope is our greatest treasure 希望は最大の宝 kibō wa saidai no takara Cursive Vertical VC6C

Hope is our greatest treasure (希望は最大の宝) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Hope is our greatest treasure 希望は最大の宝 kibō wa saidai no takara Design Vertical VD5B

Hope is our greatest treasure 希望は最大の宝 kibō wa saidai no takara Design Vertical VD6B

Hope is our greatest treasure (希望は最大の宝) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Hope is our greatest treasure 希望は最大の宝 kibō wa saidai no takara Semi-Cursive Vertical VS6C

Hope is our greatest treasure 希望は最大の宝 kibō wa saidai no takara Semi-Cursive Vertical VS6D

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Hope is our greatest treasure

希望は最大の宝 (kibō wa saidai no takara)

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