Fortress in Japanese Calligraphy — 12 Hand-Brushed Designs

要塞 (yōsai)

The Japanese word 要塞 meaning "Fortress" is composed of the kanji 要 (read yō) meaning "need; main point; essence" and 塞 (read sai) meaning "close; shut; cover".

Verify: 要塞 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Fortress (要塞) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Block Vertical VB2C

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Block Vertical VB3A

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Block Vertical VB3B

Fortress (要塞) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Cursive Vertical VC2B

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Cursive Vertical VC3A

Fortress (要塞) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Design Vertical VD3A

Fortress (要塞) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2C

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3A

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3B

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Block Horizontal HB2A

Fortress 要塞 yōsai Cursive Horizontal HC2A

Fortress 要塞 yōsai 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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