Scroll down to see all 16 hand-lettered designs Butterflies in Japanese is which is read chou. Japanese nouns have no grammatical number or gender. So chou is both singular and plural which means that chou refers to a single Butterfly as well as to several. Learn more at Wikipedia's Japanese Language. Translations You Can Trust We want you to be as happy with the Japanese translation as you are with Master Takase's beautiful art. So we have made it easy to confirm the translation for yourself by simply clicking on Butterflies (chou) which links to the independent Jeffrey's Japanese English Dictionary. Or if you have Japanese fonts see Yahoo's dictionary entry Butterflies (chou). Further Namiko Abe (from About.com) lists this as a popular kanji at Butterflies (Chou). For Tattoos: Once your order is placed you immediately get your design. And we provide everything you need for the perfect Japanese tattoo including the line art (also called a stencil) that your tattoo artist must have to correctly ink the design. Just print it, take it to your favorite tattoo shop and have it inked. Getting the perfect Japanese Tattoo is now just this easy! A True Work of Art: We are pleased to offer these designs as original works of art personally hand-brushed by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. These are not mass produced prints but are authentic, original works on handmade Japanese paper. We have both unframed and framed options. The unframed options comes in several sizes starting at 8" x 12 " (about 20 cm x 30 cm). The framed option is 16" x 20 " (about 40 cm x 50 cm). And, when appropriate, we do offer the design as an original Japanese scroll. And, as always, if you have any questions please contact us |