Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Live, Laugh, Love

生笑愛 (sei shou ai)

The Japanese 生笑愛 meaning "Live, Laugh, Love" is composed of the kanji 生 (read sei) meaning "live", 笑 (read shou) meaning "laugh", and 愛 (read ai) meaning "love".

Japanese often leaves off grammatical elements for space or artistic reasons. So even though this is an abbreviation, the meaning is clear. We also have the full version Live, Laugh, Love (ikiru warau aisuru).

Live, Laugh, Love (生笑愛) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Live, Laugh, Love 生笑愛 sei shou ai Block Vertical VB3C

Live, Laugh, Love (生笑愛) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Live, Laugh, Love 生笑愛 sei shou ai Cursive Vertical VC3B

Live, Laugh, Love (生笑愛) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Live, Laugh, Love 生笑愛 sei shou ai Cursive Vertical VC3C

Live, Laugh, Love (生笑愛) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Live, Laugh, Love 生笑愛 sei shou ai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2C

Live, Laugh, Love (生笑愛) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Live, Laugh, Love 生笑愛 sei shou ai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS4C

Live, Laugh, Love (生笑愛) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Live, Laugh, Love 生笑愛 sei shou ai Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS3A

Also available as a hand-brushed Japanese scroll

Master Calligrapher Eri Takase creates each scroll personally, hand-brushed to order on traditional Japanese paper.

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