Tanden in Japanese Calligraphy — 8 Hand-Brushed Designs

丹田 (tanden)

In Japanese culture, tanden is the source of ki and is located just below the belly button. Master Takase discusses this in detail in an excellent article Hara: Master Calligrapher Eri Takase on the Art and Energy of Japanese Calligraphy.

Also see the Wikipedia article Dantian for more information.

Verify: 丹田 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Tanden (丹田) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Tanden 丹田 tanden Block Vertical VB2C

Tanden (丹田) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Tanden 丹田 tanden Cursive Vertical VC2B

Tanden 丹田 tanden Cursive Vertical VC2C

Tanden (丹田) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Tanden 丹田 tanden Design Vertical VD2B

Tanden (丹田) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Tanden 丹田 tanden Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2C

Tanden 丹田 tanden Block Horizontal HB2A

Tanden 丹田 tanden Cursive Horizontal HC1A

Tanden 丹田 tanden Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS2A

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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