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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Nicholas

ニコラス
from Greek Nikolaos — "victory of the people"
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ii · three scripts

Three Japanese scripts. Two of them are fixed. The third one is not.

That is where a person has to choose, not a translator: a Japanese calligrapher who has already written the names of more than 500 people by hand, on the street, one by one.

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He chose 7 versions for this name. The one he recommends most is in the second half.
iii · kanji i
仁光良寿
ni-ko-ra-su
compassion, a light of your own, a life well lived, and the celebration
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

仁光良寿

  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 光kolight, a brightness of your own
  • 良rawhat is good, a life well lived
  • 寿suthe celebration, the years that add up
a bright, generous name — for someone who celebrates and makes room for others.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of putting yourself in the other person's place, shining with a light of your own, living well the life you are given, and celebrating the years that add up.

v · kanji ii
日幸来粋
ni-ko-ra-su
the sun, the joy of the good days, the future drawing near, and refined taste
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vi · about kanji ii

日幸来粋

  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 幸kohappiness, the joy of the good days
  • 来rawhat is coming, the future drawing near
  • 粋surefined taste, elegance with no ornament
a clear, elegant name — for someone who looks ahead and does things with taste.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the light of the sun with you, keeping the joy of the good days, going out to meet the future drawing near, and doing it with refined taste and no ornament.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 丹琥嵐崇— an honest red and amber, with the energy of a storm
  • 仁鼓楽主— compassion and the drum, with the taste for living setting the pace
  • 丹虎来主— an honest red and the tiger, with the future drawing near
  • 仁湖良崇— compassion and the calm lake, with what is high and noble behind
  • 日心楽寿— the sun and the heart, with reasons to celebrate
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iii 丹琥嵐崇
ni-ko-ra-suan honest red, amber, the energy of a storm, and what is high and noble
  • 丹nithe red of an honest heart
  • 琥koamber, a honey-colored glow
  • 嵐rathe live energy of a storm
  • 崇suwhat is high and noble, what you look up to
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of giving your whole heart the way red gives everything, glowing with the honey color of amber, moving the live energy of a storm, and holding to what is high and noble.

choose this one
iv 仁鼓楽主
ni-ko-ra-sucompassion, the drum, the taste for living, and the center of what is yours
  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 鼓kothe drum, the pulse that sets the rhythm
  • 楽rathe taste for living, joy
  • 主suthe center, the one who holds the house together
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of putting yourself in the other person's place, setting the rhythm like the pulse of a drum, taking a taste for living, and holding the center of what is yours.

choose this one
v 丹虎来主
ni-ko-ra-suan honest red, the tiger, the future drawing near, and the center of what is yours
  • 丹nithe red of an honest heart
  • 虎kothe tiger, the strength you can see in how it walks
  • 来rawhat is coming, the future drawing near
  • 主suthe center, the one who holds the house together
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of giving your whole heart the way red gives everything, walking with the strength you can see in a tiger, going out to meet the future drawing near, and holding the center of what is yours.

choose this one
vi 仁湖良崇
ni-ko-ra-sucompassion, the calm lake, a life well lived, and what is high and noble
  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 湖kothe lake, the deep calm of still water
  • 良rawhat is good, a life well lived
  • 崇suwhat is high and noble, what you look up to
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of putting yourself in the other person's place, keeping the deep calm of still water, living well the life you are given, and holding to what is high and noble.

choose this one
vii 日心楽寿
ni-ko-ra-suthe sun, the heart, the taste for living, and the celebration
  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 心kothe heart, what you put into everything you do
  • 楽rathe taste for living, joy
  • 寿suthe celebration, the years that add up
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the light of the sun with you, putting your heart into everything you do, taking a taste for living, and celebrating the years that add up.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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Nicholas
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仁光良寿
Nicholas
Putting yourself in the other person's place, shining with a light of your own, living well the life you are given, and celebrating the years that add up.
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ix · from his own hand

This is how the calligrapher writes — three pieces, one hand.

Everything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Nicholases, the same stroke. Not this one. The calligrapher dips the brush and writes yours a single time — the ink opens where it opens, the stroke breaks where it breaks.

風露依 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
夢玖 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
慈英夢寿 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
three pieces by the calligrapher · brush and ink on paper · none of them says your name yet
I want mine, written by hand →
30 USD — and there is no second copy.
x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Nicholas — the same for any Nicholas. A commission is different: you tell the calligrapher what matters to you, what you want to protect and who you want to become — and together you pick the best kanji.

If you are getting it tattooed, or you seriously want a kanji that is only yours — start here.

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xi · wear it

The same kanji, on something you can touch.

Your name printed on what you use every day. We do not sell the shirt: we give you the file and you take it to your printer.

仁光良寿
Nicholas
T-shirt
仁光良寿
Mug
仁光良寿
Tote bag
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no background, at print size — there you choose the kanji, the lettering style and the orientation

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