Block · kaisho 楷書 · VB5C
Block or kaisho (楷書) Fonts are the most common and recognizable fonts. Block fonts are easily read and are noted for their angular form and their vertical and horizontal lines.
保護と奉仕
hogo to hōshi
To Serve and Protect
To protect and to serve, the police motto.
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
保護と奉仕 (hogo to hōshi): to protect and to serve, the police motto.
保護と奉仕 names the promise the police make to the people they serve. 保護 is protection, and 奉仕 is service, the word Japanese also uses for volunteer work, with a note of devotion in it. The Japanese keeps the motto's order, protect first, as two nouns with no verb, the way a crest speaks.
The words render the Los Angeles Police Department's motto, to protect and to serve, chosen in a contest in the department's magazine in 1955; the Japanese pair itself is older, the name historians of the 1930s gave to the bond of lord and vassal.
We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 保護と奉仕.
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
