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Like Father, Like Son

此の父にして此の息子有り (kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari)

此の父にして此の息子有り (kono chichi ni shite kono musuko ari): like father, like son, and in Japanese the likeness is praise. 此の kono is this; 父 chichi is father; にして ni shite is being such, given such a father; 息子 musuko is son; 有り ari is there is: given this father, there is this son. The proverb behind it, この父にしてこの子あり, comes from the 孔叢子, where Confucius's grandson says that with such a father there is such a son, and that is the constant way of things; in Japanese it is first cited from Bakin's 椿説弓張月 of 1807, as an exclamation of admiration. The dictionaries give its sense as praise, a child worthy of a fine parent, a son who is his father's equal. Master Takase brushed the proverb's own form, with 息子, son, in place of the proverb's 子, child, so that the line is for a son.
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 Block Vertical 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 Cursive Vertical 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 Design Vertical 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 Semi-Cursive Vertical 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 Block Horizontal 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 Cursive Horizontal 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 Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS6A

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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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