Thursday, 24 November 2011

An Introduction To Asian Love Symbols

By Takamitsu Hairi


In spite of being a small country, Japan has become one of the most developed nations in the world. The expertise and industriousness of Japanese people has played a significant part in this growth. Japanese art and culture also have a great influence on the world's fashion trends.

Tattooing is one of the instances for the Japanese adroitness in art which possess an eventful past, beginning from 5th century BC. It was never considered as an art of a cultured man due to its earlier associations with criminalism there.

Today, things have taken a turn for the best and now the art of tattooing is considered as an art of the modern generation. In western countries, it has been welcomed by the fashion victims.

In Japan the field continues to have a negative connotation even today. But for the sake of making profit they have developed their tattooing industry which now serves a worldwide clientle.

Japanese tattoo symbols are very distinctive and are unbelievably artistic. Amongst the many different kinds of tattoo styles and symbols the "love" tattoo symbol is undoubtedly one of the most popular once to hit the streets. You will see hundreds of people in the west to be tagged with the love symbol from Japan.

Kanji script, which was imported from the Chinese characters long ago, is used to design the love symbols. Because of the alluring artistic appearance of these scripts, some may think that they were originally formed for the use of tattoo designing.

Both men and women are being captivated to the allure of the Japanese tattoos and that is the real resplendence of this art. The romantic allure of these symbols win over the young people and makes them addicted for lifetime.

There is no doubt about the physical beauty of the love symbol. But the fact that makes it even more loved by the public is that this aesthetically appealing design has a deep inner meaning. In fact these symbols represent much more than words, they portray concepts. Thus a love symbol is actually representing the concept of universal love.

The designing of Kanji symbols is not the job of a layperson. In order to get the elaborate definition correct each stroke much be done in the accurate order and direction. Peace, strength, freedom, unity are other popular symbols other than the love symbol.




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