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G Cthulhu
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| nater wrote: |
I heard a while back about a tattoo artist in LA doing things like this... in ink... on peoples bodies.
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I've seen some interesting kanji on people. It usually involves them not realizing that kanji can have multiple meanings or getting the tattoo put on backwards or upside down or something equally stoopid.. 'Tis to laugh.  |
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Cool Teacher
Joined: 18 May 2009
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Location: Here, There and Everywhere! :D
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hay! We shouldn't make fun of the poor dude he's only asking questions.  When did that become a crime? 
I must laugh at the idea of wacky kanji on a scroll though. Imagine if the OP wants a really serious Zen atmosphere in a tatami room of marital arts and on the walls behind him hang scrools reading: "一石二鳥" or "天才と馬鹿は紙一重"
They look impressive to Westerners who don't read but sound like laughable cliches to Japanese visitors.
Anywya, Tokyo Liz gave some good advice. When I first came to Japan I bought a "temple book" and went to lots of temples to have the Buddhist momks write in them using a brush. It looked very nice and I could show off to firends.  But my fiends weren't interested and it became too expensive to pay 300 yen each time they wrote in the book so I stopped doing it.
One day I want to do the temple pilgramge in Shikoku and get one of the really big books autorgraphed when I go around that should look nice and it would be a fun souvenir to do and a fun tirp.
By the way, there are some antique book shops in Osaka in a place called Kappa Yokocho that might sell the kind of stuff that the OP is looking for. Please don't give up just because so many people here chose to laugh. 
STay Cool!  |
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WilliamDanze
Joined: 27 Apr 2010
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| Cool Teacher wrote: |
Hay! We shouldn't make fun of the poor dude he's only asking questions. When did that become a crime?
I must laugh at the idea of wacky kanji on a scroll though. Imagine if the OP wants a really serious Zen atmosphere in a tatami room of marital arts and on the walls behind him hang scrools reading: "一石二鳥" or "天才と馬鹿は紙一重"
They look impressive to Westerners who don't read but sound like laughable cliches to Japanese visitors.
Anywya, Tokyo Liz gave some good advice. When I first came to Japan I bought a "temple book" and went to lots of temples to have the Buddhist momks write in them using a brush. It looked very nice and I could show off to firends. But my fiends weren't interested and it became too expensive to pay 300 yen each time they wrote in the book so I stopped doing it.
One day I want to do the temple pilgramge in Shikoku and get one of the really big books autorgraphed when I go around that should look nice and it would be a fun souvenir to do and a fun tirp.
By the way, there are some antique book shops in Osaka in a place called Kappa Yokocho that might sell the kind of stuff that the OP is looking for. Please don't give up just because so many people here chose to laugh.
STay Cool! |
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. |
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