Leisurely Clouds (kan'un)

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Here we offer 8 different hand-brushed Japanese Leisurely Clouds tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Leisurely Clouds 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.

Leisurely Clouds in Japanese is 閑雲 which is read kan'un. In Zen poetry clouds are often used as a metaphor for a "life of nonattachment". Indeed kan'un is used today as the first part of the four kanji idiom kan'un'yakaku (literally, "leisurely clouds, cranes in the field") meaning "free from worldly cares".

These designs were inspired by the calligraphy of Master Zen philosopher Bankei (1622-1693).

With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect Leisurely Clouds 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.

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.