Humanity in Japanese Calligraphy — 7 Hand-Brushed Designs

人情 ninjō Humanity

The Japanese word 人情 is very important though it is a little difficult to translate. One might say it is the sum of positive human emotions such as "sympathy, empathy, and kindness" and represents what one feels as the right thing to do - the good thing to do. It is commonly contrasted with Duty (giri) which is what one is duty bound to do usually in repayment for what one has received from another. For more information see the Wikipedia article article Ninjo.

Humanity (人情) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Humanity 人情 ninjō Vertical Block VB2C

Humanity (人情) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Humanity 人情 ninjō Vertical Cursive VC3B

Humanity (人情) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Humanity 人情 ninjō Vertical Design VD4B

Humanity (人情) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Humanity 人情 ninjō Vertical Semi-Cursive VS2C

Humanity 人情 ninjō Horizontal Block HB2A

Humanity 人情 ninjō Horizontal Cursive HC2A

Humanity 人情 ninjō Horizontal Semi-Cursive HS2A

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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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