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.
勇者は懼れず
yūsha wa osorezu
The Brave Have No Fears
The brave are not afraid: one clause of the three Confucius named.
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.
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12 1/4" × 43" (31 × 109 cm) Japanese Scrolls
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Explanation
勇者は懼れず (yūsha wa osorezu): one who has courage is not afraid.
The brave are not afraid: courage named by the one thing it frees a person from. It is one clause of a line of Confucius that names three, the wise are not perplexed, the humane are not anxious, the brave are not afraid, and Japanese has quoted the clauses one or two at a time for centuries, which is what these words do; its two companions, The Wise Have No Delusions and The Benevolent Have No Worries, are offered on their own. The text here keeps the canon's character 懼 for fear rather than the everyday 恐. We read the clause as it stands, a person named by the one thing they are free of, and hold rightness as what the tradition, with one voice, has set behind it.
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