Way of the Warrior (bushidou)

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Here we offer 16 different hand-brushed Japanese Way of the Warrior tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Way of the Warrior 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.

Way of the Warrior in Japanese is 武士道 which is read bushidou. The Japanese word bushidou means "Way of the Warrior" which is the Japanese Code of Chivalry. It is composed of the kanji 武 (read bu) meaning "martial, military, warrior, arms", 士 (read shi) meaning "samurai; gentleman" and 道 (read dou) meaning "the way; teachings".

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 Way of the Warrior (bushidou) which links to the independent Jeffrey's Japanese English Dictionary.

With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect Way of the Warrior 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.