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This Japanese proverb simply reads, “[In] Flowers it's Cherry Blossoms, [In] Men it's Warriors.”
花は櫻木人は武士 is meant to say that of all the flowers in the world, the cherry blossom is the best. And of all men in the world, the Samurai or Warrior is the best
This proverb has been around for a long time. It's believed to have been composed sometime before the Edo Period in Japan (which started in 1603).
Some will drop one syllable and pronounce this, “hana wa sakura hito wa bushi.” That's “sakura” instead of “sakuragi,” which is like saying “cherry blossom” instead of “cherry tree.”
The third character was traditionally written as 櫻. But in modern Japan, that became 桜. You may still see 櫻 used from time to time on older pieces of calligraphy. We can do either one, so just make a special request if you want 櫻.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 桜木 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
桜木 see styles |
sakuragi さくらぎ |
More info & calligraphy: Sakuragi |
花は桜木人は武士 see styles |
hanahasakuragihitohabushi はなはさくらぎひとはぶし |
(expression) (proverb) the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the samurai first among men |
東桜木 see styles |
higashisakuragi ひがしさくらぎ |
(place-name) Higashisakuragi |
桜木川 see styles |
sakuragigawa さくらぎがわ |
(place-name) Sakuragigawa |
桜木橋 see styles |
sakuragibashi さくらぎばし |
(place-name) Sakuragibashi |
桜木町 see styles |
sakuragimachi さくらぎまち |
(place-name) Sakuragimachi |
桜木谷 see styles |
sakuragiya さくらぎや |
(surname) Sakuragiya |
桜木通 see styles |
sakuragidoori さくらぎどおり |
(place-name) Sakuragidoori |
若桜木 see styles |
wakasaki わかさき |
(surname) Wakasaki |
西桜木 see styles |
nishisakuragi にしさくらぎ |
(place-name) Nishisakuragi |
上野桜木 see styles |
uenosakuragi うえのさくらぎ |
(place-name) Uenosakuragi |
千住桜木 see styles |
senjusakuragi せんじゅさくらぎ |
(place-name) Senjusakuragi |
多田桜木 see styles |
tadasakuragi たださくらぎ |
(place-name) Tadasakuragi |
平野桜木 see styles |
hiranosakuragi ひらのさくらぎ |
(place-name) Hiranosakuragi |
弥生桜木 see styles |
yayoisakuragi やよいさくらぎ |
(place-name) Yayoisakuragi |
東桜木町 see styles |
higashisakuragichou / higashisakuragicho ひがしさくらぎちょう |
(place-name) Higashisakuragichō |
桜木一条 see styles |
sakuragiichijou / sakuragichijo さくらぎいちじょう |
(place-name) Sakuragiichijō |
桜木健一 see styles |
sakuragikenichi さくらぎけんいち |
(person) Sakuragi Ken'ichi (1948.3.26-) |
桜木君枝 see styles |
sakuragikimie さくらぎきみえ |
(person) Sakuragi Kimie |
桜木大橋 see styles |
sakuragioohashi さくらぎおおはし |
(place-name) Sakuragioohashi |
桜木宮前 see styles |
sakuragimiyamae さくらぎみやまえ |
(place-name) Sakuragimiyamae |
桜木町駅 see styles |
sakuragichoueki / sakuragichoeki さくらぎちょうえき |
(st) Sakuragichō Station |
桜木睦子 see styles |
sakuragichikako さくらぎちかこ |
(person) Sakuragi Chikako (1988.3.23-) |
桜木紫乃 see styles |
sakuragishino さくらぎしの |
(person) Sakuragi Shino (1965.4.19-) |
桜木霊園 see styles |
sakuragireien / sakuragireen さくらぎれいえん |
(place-name) Sakuragi Cemetery |
水橋桜木 see styles |
mizuhashisakuragi みずはしさくらぎ |
(place-name) Mizuhashisakuragi |
石田桜木 see styles |
ishidasakuragi いしださくらぎ |
(place-name) Ishidasakuragi |
若桜木虔 see styles |
wakasakiken わかさきけん |
(person) Wakasaki Ken |
西桜木町 see styles |
nishisakuragichou / nishisakuragicho にしさくらぎちょう |
(place-name) Nishisakuragichō |
三吉野桜木 see styles |
miyoshinosakuragi みよしのさくらぎ |
(place-name) Miyoshinosakuragi |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
Sakuragi | 桜木 | sakuragi |
In Flowers the Cherry Blossom, In Men the Samurai | 花は櫻木人は武士 花は桜木人は武士 | hana wa sakuragi hito wa bushi |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
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When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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