Warrior in Japanese Calligraphy: 12 Hand-Brushed Designs

武者 musha Warrior

The Japanese word 武者 meaning "Warrior" is composed of the kanji 武 (read mu) meaning "Warrior; Military" and 者 (read sha) meaning "Person". The first kanji 武 is the same kanji used in Way of the Warrior (bushidō) and so musha implies a warrior in the Bushido tradition.

Incidently, 武者 is the same kanji used in the title of Akira Kurosawa's film Kagemusha meaning "Shadow Warrior".

Warrior (武者) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Warrior 武者 musha Vertical Block VB3A

Warrior 武者 musha Vertical Block VB3B

Warrior 武者 musha Vertical Block VB3C

Warrior (武者) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Warrior 武者 musha Vertical Cursive VC2B

Warrior 武者 musha Vertical Cursive VC3A

Warrior (武者) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Warrior 武者 musha Vertical Design VD3A

Warrior (武者) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Warrior 武者 musha Vertical Semi-Cursive VS3A

Warrior 武者 musha Vertical Semi-Cursive VS3B

Warrior 武者 musha Vertical Semi-Cursive VS3C

Warrior 武者 musha Horizontal Block HB2A

Warrior 武者 musha Horizontal Cursive HC1A

Warrior 武者 musha Horizontal Semi-Cursive 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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