Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

No Pain, No Gain

苦は楽の種 (ku wa raku no tane)

The Japanese phrase 苦は楽の種 meaning "No Pain, No Gain" is composed of the word (read ku) meaning "pain", the grammatical element (read wa) indicating the previous words is the subject, |raku,楽 comfort" (read meaning "ease)no,の| and (read tane) meaning "seed". A literal translation is "pain is the seed of comfort".
苦は楽の種 — Cursive
No Pain, No Gain Cursive Horizontal
苦は楽の種 — Block
No Pain, No Gain Block Vertical
苦は楽の種 — Cursive
No Pain, No Gain Cursive Vertical
苦は楽の種 — Design
No Pain, No Gain Design Vertical
苦は楽の種 — Design
No Pain, No Gain Design Vertical
苦は楽の種 — Design
No Pain, No Gain Design Vertical
苦は楽の種 — Semi-Cursive
No Pain, No Gain Semi-Cursive Vertical
苦は楽の種 — Semi-Cursive
No Pain, No Gain Semi-Cursive Vertical