Cursive · sōsho 草書 · VC6B
Cursive or sōsho (草書) styles are the most simplified styles and Master Takase's favorite. While very beautiful, these styles are often difficult to read even by specialists.
死が二人を分かつまで
shi ga futari o wakatsu made
Til Death Do Us Part
Till death do us part.
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
死が二人を分かつまで (shi ga futari o wakatsu made): till death do us part.
死 shi is death; が marks it as the one that acts; 二人 futari is the two, with no us, which Japanese leaves to the couple standing there; 分かつ wakatsu is the formal verb to part, to divide one thing into two, where everyday speech would say 分ける; まで made is until. The prayer book's vow reads till death us do part, the word order modern speech turns around.
The vow is the Church of England's, till death us depart in 1549 and till death us do part from 1662; the Japanese church said 死に至るまで, until death, and 死が二人を分つまで is the translators' word-for-word Japanese, in print from 1924.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 死が二人を分かつまで.
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.
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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 layered Japanese paper, designed to last generations. 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
