常に忠誠を tsune ni chūsei wo Semper Fi

Semper Fi in Japanese is 常に忠誠を which is read tsune ni chūsei wo

常に忠誠を (tsune ni chūsei wo): always faithful, the Marine Corps motto semper fidelis.

常に忠誠を pledges loyalty, always. 常に is always, and 忠誠 is loyalty, a faithful and honest heart, the word Japanese uses to swear fealty. を points to a verb that is never said, to devote or to swear. Whether you hang it for your own years of service or give it to a Marine you are proud of is yours.

The phrase renders Semper fidelis, the motto of the United States Marine Corps since 1883, in words Japanese already had and Japanese writers have used for the motto, which Japanese writing on the Marines prints as 常に忠誠をつくせ from 1978; a civilian field code of 1943, named for the army's code of 1941, sets 常に忠誠を in the article on reverence that heads its creed.

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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