Stomach (hara)

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Here we offer 7 different hand-brushed Japanese Stomach tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Stomach 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.

Stomach in Japanese is è…¹ which is read hara. In everyday Japanese hara means "stomach" or "belly" and this is what will come to people's mind when they see this design. However hara also has special meaning in Japanese and Chinese cultures. For more information see the Wikipedia article Dantian.

Master Takase also discusses this in detail in an excellent article Hara: Master Calligrapher Eri Takase on the Art and Energy of Japanese Calligraphy.

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 Stomach (hara) which links to the independent Jeffrey's Japanese English Dictionary. You can also verify the translation using Yahoo's dictionary entry Stomach (hara).

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