Repentance in Japanese Calligraphy — 8 Hand-Brushed Designs

懺悔 (zange)

The Japanese word 懺悔 meaning "Repentance" also translates to "Confession, Penitence" and is composed of the kanji 懺 (read zan) meaning "regret; repent; confess sins" and 悔 (read ge) meaning "repent; regret". This is Buddhist repentance (kshama or deshana in Sanskrit).

Verify: 懺悔 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Repentance (懺悔) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Repentance 懺悔 zange Block Vertical VB2C

Repentance 懺悔 zange Block Vertical VB3C

Repentance (懺悔) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Repentance 懺悔 zange Cursive Vertical VC2B

Repentance 懺悔 zange Cursive Vertical VC3B

Repentance (懺悔) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Repentance 懺悔 zange Design Vertical VD3B

Repentance (懺悔) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Repentance 懺悔 zange Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2C

Repentance 懺悔 zange Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3C

Repentance (懺悔) in Seal style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Repentance 懺悔 zange Seal Vertical VT3A

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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