Two Heavens One Style (niten ichiryuu)

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Here we offer 7 different hand-brushed Japanese Two Heavens One Style tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Two Heavens One Style 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.

Two Heavens One Style in Japanese is 二天一流 which is read niten ichiryuu. niten ichiryuu is a fighting style developed by Miyamoto Musashi in the 17th century that uses both the long and the short sword. niten ichiryuu literally means "Two Heavens One Style" and is composed of the kanji 二 (read ni) meaning "two", 天 (read ten) meaning "heaven, sky", 一 (read ichi) meaning "one", and 流 (read ryuu) meaning "style".

With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect Two Heavens One Style 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.