I Control My Destiny in Japanese Calligraphy

運命を制す (unmei wo seisu)

運命を制す (unmei wo seisu): to command fate. 制す is command, in the classical ending that turns three words into a maxim. From 1899 three Japanese collections of maxims, for preachers, soldiers and the young, print the sentence 豪傑は能く運命を制す, the hero can master fate, and set Napoleon's name beneath it, between Mencius and Tacitus. The design keeps the last three words and lets the hero go, so the one who hangs it supplies the subject. The English adds the subject the maxim's tradition invites: I control my destiny.

Philology of 運命を制す

Verify: 運命を制す in the Japanese-English Dictionary

This beautiful work of art is a positive and motivating message making the perfect gift for the independent mover in your life.

I Control My Destiny (運命を制す) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Block Vertical VB5C

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Block Vertical VB6C

I Control My Destiny (運命を制す) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Cursive Vertical VC5B

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Cursive Vertical VC5C

I Control My Destiny (運命を制す) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Design Vertical VD5B

I Control My Destiny (運命を制す) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5C

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5D

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5E

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Block Horizontal HB5A

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Cursive Horizontal HC4A

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Design Horizontal HD4A

I Control My Destiny 運命を制す unmei wo seisu Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS4A

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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Your PDF is available for download the moment your order completes, and a copy is attached to your emailed receipt.

I Control My Destiny

運命を制す (unmei wo seisu)

About the Designs

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Also available as a hand-brushed Japanese scroll