信仰と希望と愛 shinkō to kibō to ai 1 Corinthians 13:13 Faith, Hope and Love

信仰と希望と愛 (shinkō to kibō to ai): faith, hope and love.

Faith, hope and love: the three that last, in the order every Bible keeps, and the verse goes on to say which of them is the greatest, so the scroll carries the three and a person who hangs it knows the answer. The words are the Japan Bible Society's colloquial Bible's, the first Japanese Bible in plain speech, character for character, and the older classical Bible had the same three words in the same order, so this is a verse that sounds the same to a Japanese Christian and to their grandparents; a buyer who owns either Bible will find it on the wall. The English title is the New International Version's; the King James calls the third charity, and 愛 is both. Which of the three you hang it for is yours.

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Your scroll is brushed when you order it and completed within 1 to 3 business days. It ships by USPS Priority Mail from Master Takase's studio in Washington State, boxed and ready to hang, with a printed page giving the art's English, romaji and Japanese.

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Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase brushes your scroll by hand when you order it. Each scroll bears her red seal, 英利, and her signature.

The scrolls are 12 1/4" W × 43" H (31 × 109 cm) with real silk borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. The scrolls themselves are made by Sankō (株式会社三幸) in Gifu prefecture, which has been making high quality scrolls since 1947, and we have worked with Sankō for over two decades.

Eri Takase was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, and holds the rank of Shihan, the highest rank in Japanese calligraphy, from the Bokuteki-kai and the Bunka-shodo. About Master Takase