Scroll down to see all 8 Shorin-ryu designs Shorin-ryu in Japanese is which is read shourinryuu. There are several ways to write shourin in Japanese and also a few different ways to read the same kanji. This particular design for shourin uses (read as "shou") meaning "little" and (read as "rin") meaning "grove" and is used to denote a style of Okinawan Karate founded by Eizo Shimabukuro. For more information see the Wikipedia article shorinryu. Translations You Can Trust - We want you to be as happy with the translation for "Shorin-ryu" as you are with Master Takase's beautiful art and so we have provided direct links to the completely independent dictionary Jeffrey's Japanese<->English Dictionary. To confirm the translation for yourself click on any of the links above. Different Fonts, Same Meaning Japanese Calligraphy has five major fonts and, as you can see, they can look quite different. However, the different fonts do not change the meaning because the kanji are exactly the same. Hand-Lettered Japanese Calligraphy by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
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