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此の父にして此の息子有り kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari Like Father, Like Son

Like father, like son, and in Japanese the likeness is praise.

Like Father, Like Son (此の父にして此の息子有り) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Like Father, Like Son 此の父にして此の息子有り kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari Vertical Block VB5C
Like Father, Like Son (此の父にして此の息子有り) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Like Father, Like Son 此の父にして此の息子有り kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari Vertical Cursive VC6B
Like Father, Like Son (此の父にして此の息子有り) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Like Father, Like Son 此の父にして此の息子有り kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari Vertical Design VD6B
Like Father, Like Son (此の父にして此の息子有り) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Like Father, Like Son 此の父にして此の息子有り kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari Vertical Semi-Cursive VS5C
Like Father, Like Son (此の父にして此の息子有り) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Like Father, Like Son 此の父にして此の息子有り kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari Horizontal Block HB7A
Like Father, Like Son (此の父にして此の息子有り) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Like Father, Like Son 此の父にして此の息子有り kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari Horizontal Cursive HC4A
Like Father, Like Son (此の父にして此の息子有り) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Like Father, Like Son 此の父にして此の息子有り kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari Horizontal Semi-Cursive HS6A
More about 此の父にして此の息子有り

Given this father, this son: in Japanese the likeness is first praise, said of a son who is his father's equal, often of a son who carries on his father's work or dies as his father did. It is a Confucian line that Japanese has quoted for two centuries, and it says child; English says like father, like son of a fault as readily as of a virtue, and Japanese has it too: the dictionaries call the blame sense a misuse, though writers have used it that way since at least 1905. Which father and which son is yours.

Master Takase brushes 息子, son, in place of the proverb's 子, child, so that the line is for a son; its companion, Like Father, Like Daughter, is offered on its own.

We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 此の父にして此の息子有り.

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 purchase includes a personal-use license: use the design as a tattoo reference, frame it, engrave it, print it for yourself, or make it into a gift. For more information see Licensing, which also covers commercial-use options that may be purchased separately.

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Japanese Scroll of Like Father, Like Son (kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari) — Calligraphy by Eri Takase

Like Father, Like Son (kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari)

Like Father, Like Son in Japanese, 此の父にして此の息子有り, a hand-brushed hanging scroll by Master Calligrapher Eri Takase.

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Like Father, Like Son as a hand-brushed scroll

Master Takase personally brushes your scroll when you order, and it bears her red seal and her signature. The scroll has real silk borders and layered Japanese paper, so it hangs straight, and it arrives ready to display.