Issa - The bitter part, eaten by the mother, mountain persimmon (shibui toko haha ga kui keri yama no kaki)

Here we offer 5 different hand-brushed Japanese The bitter part, eaten by the mother, mountain persimmon tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Issa - The bitter part, eaten by the mother, mountain persimmon tattoo designs the fonts are different, but the characters and the meaning are the same. So order the style you like - the meaning is the same for each design.

Issa - The bitter part, eaten by the mother, mountain persimmon in Japanese is 澁いとこ母が喰ひけり山の柿 which is read shibui toko haha ga kui keri yama no kaki.

One end of the persimmon is sweet, the other bitter. The mother gives the sweet end to the child and consumes what is left. The self-sacrifice of mothers. This poem always reminds me of a story in Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin where a mother gave the entire chocolate bar, a very rare treat indeed, to her child. A little chocolate got on the child's face and she wiped it off with her finger and ... took a small taste of the sweet for herself.

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With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect The bitter part, eaten by the mother, mountain persimmon in Japanese Tattoo. Your design comes as an Adobe PDF file which means it will print exactly as Master Takase brushed the design and, of course, it includes the line art (also called a stencil) which your tattoo artist must have to properly ink the design.

As soon as your order is placed, you can immediately download your Japanese tattoo design. We also send you an email with instructions should you want to download the design in the future. The Adobe PDF file completely documents the design and contains everything your tattoo artist needs to properly ink the design. Your tattoo artist does not need to know Japanese.

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