Sanchin in Japanese Calligraphy — 7 Hand-Brushed Designs

Sanchin

三戦 (sanchin)

The Japanese word sanchin is the name of a fundamental karate Form (kata). 三戦 means "three battles" and is composed of the kanji 三 (read san) meaning "three" and 戦 (read chin) (more commonly read "sen") meaning "war; battle; match".

Verify: 三戦 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Sanchin (三戦) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Sanchin 三戦 sanchin Block Vertical VB2C

Sanchin 三戦 sanchin Block Vertical VB2D

Sanchin (三戦) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Sanchin 三戦 sanchin Cursive Vertical VC3B

Sanchin (三戦) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Sanchin 三戦 sanchin Design Vertical VD2B

Sanchin (三戦) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Sanchin 三戦 sanchin Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2C

Sanchin 三戦 sanchin Block Horizontal HB2A

Sanchin 三戦 sanchin Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS2A

Also available as a hand-brushed Japanese scroll

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