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良妻賢母
ryōsaikenbo
Good Wife Wise Mother
Master Takase creates this beautiful scroll when your order is placed, personally preparing the ink and brushing your art, which proudly bears her signature and seal. This is an original work of art.
Description
良妻賢母 (ryōsaikenbo) means a good wife and a wise mother, praise for a woman whose life has been spent well on the people around her.
良妻 (ryōsai) is a good wife and 賢母 (kenbo) a wise mother: two old words set side by side. Good Wife Wise Mother is the exact English, word for word, and the English was praise on its own before it carried the Japanese: an American obituary of 1878 calls a woman a good wife, and wise mother.
良妻賢母 is a Meiji pairing of two old words, first found in an 1880 book of morals, which reformers and educators argued over and which the state made the name of its doctrine of women's education from about 1899.
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.
Delivery
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.
Sending it as a gift? Add your message at checkout and we will include it.
Shipping is calculated at checkout from your address; within the United States it is $13 to $23. We ship worldwide, and any import charges for your country are shown at checkout before you pay.
Every order is covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee. If your scroll arrives damaged, or we made an error, we replace it or refund you in full, including shipping. Refund policy
About Our Scrolls
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 woven damask borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. The scrolls themselves are made by a scroll maker in Gifu, Japan, and we have worked with them 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
