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designing a hanko 2013/6/20 03:11
Hello,
I'm trying to design a hanko for our martial arts school. The name given to the school was "budo okano". I have the kanji 武道岡野. I would use a square shape with four positions, starting from right-left, top-bottom. Is this the correct way? and more important, would this hanko be clear enough? as it is a school and not a person.
If anyone has a good website to order this kind of hanko, I would appreciate it.
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by goku987  

Re: designing a hanko 2013/6/20 12:28
I think the order of you kanji are fine. I'm assuming you're not in Japan so you can't just head on down to your local shop and get one made? I'm also assuming that not being in Japan, the hanko would not be an official one and just for show and to give your documents a more Japanese feel or do you have affiliations in Japan where you would need to register this? If that's the case then you should also think about the type of hanko you want, mitomein (probably not this style), Jitsuin (again probably not) but maybe a ginkoin?
If you can read Japanese http://www.name-hankoya.com/item/name_in/name9.html#betyu
or here http://www.toyodo.co.jp/001toyodo_e-shop/11shachihata00b.html
I didn't check if they ship overseas
You could try here too but the small ones seem a bit pricey http://www.thejapaneseconnection.com/hanko/hanko.htm
Maybe here instead? http://www.jun-gifts.com/personalizedgifts/hanko/hanko1/hanko1.htm
You could also try a Chinese online store. I'm sure it will be much cheaper.
by halfnhalf rate this post as useful

Re: designing a hanko 2013/6/20 19:53
thank you for your answer!
No, I don't live in Japan, the hanko would be used to give certificates and documents a more authentic touch. I still want it to be as correct as possible though :p I made a hanko design jpeg myself, but I don't seem to find how to upload it in this message?
by goku987 rate this post as useful

Re: designing a hanko 2013/6/21 10:40
you can't post it directly. You'll have to upload it to a photo sharing site and then link back to it here.
by yllwsmrf rate this post as useful

Re: designing a hanko 2013/6/21 19:57
by goku987 rate this post as useful

Re: designing a hanko 2013/6/21 20:16
Oh, nice. It looks good.
by ajapaneseboy rate this post as useful

Re: designing a hanko 2013/6/21 20:22
Thanks, so I guess it's ok and authentic enough to use for our martial arts club? and more or less understandable for outsiders?The only thing I wondered was (as I cannot read/write japanese well)if you can just use the kanji of 'budo' and 'okano' after each other without any other kanji between them?
by goku987 rate this post as useful

Re: designing a hanko 2013/6/21 21:01
Yes, I think yours is enough to use, although the professional hanko makers may be able to make more beautiful one.
In Japan, when I see this hanko someone used, if the color is red, I never feel something wrong.
Maybe many Japanese can't read this "武" charactor, but it's not a problem for the "hanko".

If it's 社判(company hanko), the legal name is engraved there, "株式会社武道岡野" or something.
But "武道岡野" is your school's name, so this hanko is not too much or too little.
Excuse my poor English.
by ajapaneseboy rate this post as useful

Re: designing a hanko 2013/6/22 06:31
ok, thank you for your reply!
by goku987 rate this post as useful

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