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i · the name
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Vanessa

バネッサ
a name invented by Jonathan Swift in 1726; also the Vanessa genus of butterflies
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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
羽音咲
ba-ne-sa
wings, the sound they leave, the flower that opens
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iv · about kanji i

羽音咲

  • 羽bawings, being able to fly away
  • 音nesound, the music that stays
  • 咲sathe flower that opens
a winged, sounding name — for someone you hear coming before you see her.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening your wings whenever you want, leaving behind a sound people recognize, and opening the way a flower opens.

v · kanji ii
波音彩
ba-ne-sa
the wave, the sound it brings, color
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vi · about kanji ii

波音彩

  • 波bathe wave, the energy that pushes
  • 音nesound, the music that stays
  • 彩sacolor, liveliness
a lively, sounding name — for someone who arrives with force and leaves color behind.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having the energy of a wave, leaving behind a sound people recognize, and putting color into what you touch.

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vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 芭音紗— foliage opening out and the sound, over fine silk
  • 巴音桜— the whirl that fits together and the sound, with the cherry in bloom
  • 羽音冴— wings and the sound, with a wide-awake mind
  • 波音沙— the wave and the sound, with the care of fine sand
  • 巴音咲— the whirl that fits together and the sound, with the flower opening
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iii 芭音紗
ba-ne-safoliage opening out, the sound, fine silk
  • 芭bafoliage opening out, a fresh and elegant green
  • 音nesound, the music that stays
  • 紗sathe fine silk that lets the light through
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening out like fresh foliage, leaving behind a sound people recognize, and carrying the lightness of a fine silk.

choose this one
iv 巴音桜
ba-ne-sathe whirl that fits together, the sound, the cherry in bloom
  • 巴bathe whirl of three parts that fit together
  • 音nesound, the music that stays
  • 桜sathe cherry tree in bloom, the spring of Japan
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of making things fit the way the three waves of the whirl fit together, leaving behind a sound people recognize, and blooming like the cherry tree in spring.

choose this one
v 羽音冴
ba-ne-sawings, the sound, a clear mind
  • 羽bawings, being able to fly away
  • 音nesound, the music that stays
  • 冴saa clear mind, a wide-awake edge
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening your wings whenever you want, leaving behind a sound people recognize, and keeping a mind clear enough to see the edge of things.

choose this one
vi 波音沙
ba-ne-sathe wave, the sound, fine sand
  • 波bathe wave, the energy that pushes
  • 音nesound, the music that stays
  • 沙safine sand, what is small and delicate
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having the energy of a wave, leaving behind a sound people recognize, and looking after small things the way fine sand is looked after.

choose this one
vii 巴音咲
ba-ne-sathe whirl that fits together, the sound, the flower that opens
  • 巴bathe whirl of three parts that fit together
  • 音nesound, the music that stays
  • 咲sathe flower that opens
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of making things fit the way the three waves of the whirl fit together, leaving behind a sound people recognize, and opening the way a flower opens.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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羽音咲
Vanessa
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羽音咲
Vanessa
Opening your wings whenever you want, leaving behind a sound people recognize, and opening the way a flower opens.
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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 Vanessas, 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
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x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Vanessa — the same for any Vanessa. 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.

羽音咲
Vanessa
T-shirt
羽音咲
Mug
羽音咲
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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千 · Japanese calligrapher · traveling the world · 2026