Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

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愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である ai wa subete wo kanzen ni musubu obi de aru Love Binds Them All Together

Love is the sash that binds everything together in completeness.

愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である is Colossians 3:14 in the words of the 1955 Japanese Bible: love is the sash that binds all things in completeness. Worn as a tattoo, it keeps the verse in the words a Japanese Christian reads it in.

Love Binds Them All Together (愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Love Binds Them All Together 愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である ai wa subete wo kanzen ni musubu obi de aru Vertical Block VB5C
Love Binds Them All Together (愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Love Binds Them All Together 愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である ai wa subete wo kanzen ni musubu obi de aru Vertical Cursive VC4B
Love Binds Them All Together (愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Love Binds Them All Together 愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である ai wa subete wo kanzen ni musubu obi de aru Vertical Semi-Cursive VS4C
Love Binds Them All Together (愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Love Binds Them All Together 愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である ai wa subete wo kanzen ni musubu obi de aru Vertical Semi-Cursive VS5C
More about 愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である

愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である gives love a picture: a sash, put on over everything else and holding it all together. 愛 is love, 全て is everything, 完全に is completely, and 結ぶ is to tie or bind. 帯 is a sash, the band tied around the waist to hold a robe closed. Whether it is for a wedding, an anniversary or a home is yours.

The line is the closing sentence of Colossians 3:14 as the Japan Bible Society's colloquial translation of 1954 and 1955 prints it; three of the four designs write one word in kanji where that Bible prints it in kana, and the cursive design writes it in kana, as the Bible does.

We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である.

About the Designs

Each design is Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase's hand-brushed calligraphy of the word or phrase on this page, delivered as a PDF you can print. Every PDF includes the line art, so a tattoo artist or a craftsperson can work from the outline as well as the brushed image.

Licensing

Your purchase includes a personal-use license: use the design as a tattoo reference, frame it, engrave it, print it for yourself, or make it into a gift. For more information see Licensing, which also covers commercial-use options that may be purchased separately.

Delivery

Your PDF is available for download the moment your order completes, and a copy is attached to your emailed receipt.

If you need your design again later, ask us for it and we will send it.

Love Binds Them All Together 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.