Cancer in Japanese Calligraphy — 9 Hand-Brushed Designs

蟹座 (kaniza)

Kaniza is composed of the Crab (kani) and 座 (read za) meaning "constellation". One commonly sees kaniza written in either kanji or hiragana and examples of both are shown below - both are correct and in common use.

Verify: 蟹座 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Cancer (蟹座) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Cancer 蟹座 kaniza Block Vertical VB3C

Cancer (蟹座) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Cancer 蟹座 kaniza Cursive Vertical VC2B

Cancer (蟹座) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Cancer 蟹座 kaniza Design Vertical VD3B

Cancer (蟹座) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Cancer 蟹座 kaniza Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2C

Cancer (蟹座) in Hiragana style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Cancer 蟹座 kaniza Hiragana Vertical VH2A

Cancer 蟹座 kaniza Block Horizontal HB2A

Cancer 蟹座 kaniza Cursive Horizontal HC1A

Cancer 蟹座 kaniza Design Horizontal HD2A

Cancer 蟹座 kaniza Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS2A

About the Designs

Each design is Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase's hand-brushed calligraphy of the word or phrase on this page, delivered as a PDF you can print. Every PDF includes the line art, so a tattoo artist or a craftsperson can work from the outline as well as the brushed image.

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