Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Minnie in Japanese

ミニー

Minnie, when pronounced "mi-nI", is ミニー (minī) in katakana.

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Shared by Minnie Driver and others

Well-known people with this spelling include British-American actress Minnie Driver (ミニー・ドライヴァー), singer Minnie Riperton (ミニー・リパートン), and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter Memphis Minnie (メンフィス・ミニー). Other notable people include educator, poet, essayist and theorist Minnie Bruce Pratt (ミニー・ブルース・プラット).

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Full sample PDF of the Amy design: three variations, the line art, Amy, its pronunciation, romaji and Japanese

Name and Phrase

"Minnie Family is My Life," "Minnie Family Bonds are Forever." Each is composed in Japanese calligraphy by Master Takase.

These are high-resolution PDFs with the calligraphy, the line-art, the English, the Japanese, the Japanese reading. For a real example see Name and Phrase.

Minnie Family Is My Life
Minnie Family Is My Life mi-nI ミニー Minnie in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Minnie Family Is My Life
Minnie Family Is My Life mi-nI みにい Minnie in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Minnie Family Bonds Are Forever
Minnie Family Bonds Are Forever mi-nI ミニー Minnie in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Minnie Family Bonds Are Forever
Minnie Family Bonds Are Forever mi-nI みにい Minnie in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Minnie Japanese Tattoo Designs

Minnie in vertical katakana as a tattoo on a man's arm

Get your tattoo of Minnie in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Minnie in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Minnie, when pronounced mi-nI, is ミニー (minī) in katakana and みにい (minii) in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

m as in mani as in sit, skin as in noI as in ski, held long
Minnie in Katakana (Vertical)
Minnie katakana, vertical
Minnie in Katakana (Horizontal)
Minnie katakana, horizontal
Minnie in Hiragana (Vertical)
Minnie hiragana, vertical
Minnie in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Minnie hiragana, horizontal
A customer's tattoo: Mayumi is my life, in Japanese calligraphy by Master Eri Takase

Each design is an original work by Master Takase, delivered as a high-resolution PDF with the calligraphy and line art: everything you need for a perfect tattoo or print. Every translation includes links to independent sources so with one click you can verify it for yourself.

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