Year of the Snake (hebidoshi)

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Here we offer 10 different hand-brushed Japanese Year of the Snake tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Year of the Snake 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.

Year of the Snake in Japanese is 巳年 which is read hebidoshi. The Japanese word hebidoshi meaning "Year of the Snake" is composed of the kanji 巳 (read hebi) meaning "sign of the snake" and 年 (read doshi) meaning "year". One also sees this commonly translated as "Year of the Serpent" and the alternative reading midoshi. If you are looking for the animal "snake" then consider using 蛇 Snake (hebi).

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 Year of the Snake (hebidoshi) which links to the independent Jeffrey's Japanese English Dictionary. You can also verify the translation using Yahoo's dictionary entry Year of the Snake (hebidoshi).

With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect Year of the Snake 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.