Block · kaisho 楷書 · VB5C
Block or kaisho (楷書) styles are the most common and recognizable styles. Block styles are easily read and are noted for their angular form and their vertical and horizontal lines.
愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である
ai wa subete o kanzen ni musubu obi de aru
Love Binds Them All Together
Love is the sash that binds everything together in completeness.
by Master Eri Takase
Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, Eri Takase received the rank of Shihan, master, from two calligraphy societies, the Bokuteki-kai and Bunka-shodō, and won best-of-category awards in all-Japan national competitions. She has created calligraphy for people around the world for more than thirty years, and with your order she will be creating calligraphy for you.
In a ritual as old as calligraphy itself, Master Takase prepares the ink, meditatively rubbing the ink stick against the stone until it reaches the perfect consistency for the paper. Then, properly loading the brush with ink, she brushes your scroll. And only when the scroll is just right and meets her approval, she signs it and affixes her seal, completing your original scroll.
12 1/4" × 43" (31 × 109 cm) Japanese Scrolls
The scrolls have woven damask borders and special layered Japanese paper (washi), designed to last generations by a scroll maker in Gifu, Japan, with whom we have worked for over two decades.
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Explanation
愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である (ai wa subete o kanzen ni musubu obi de aru): love is the sash that binds everything together in completeness.
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, without its comma; 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.
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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.
