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Kazuo Koike 'Lone Wolf & Cub' Caligraphy SDCC 2013

Location: Other stuff, Cels and oddities
Artist: Kazuo Koike (Writer)

Location: Other stuff, Cels and oddities
Title: Kazuo Koike 'Lone Wolf & Cub' Caligraphy SDCC 2013
Artist: Kazuo Koike (Writer)
Media Type: Marker
Art Type: Other
For Sale Status: NFS
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Added to Site: 10/9/2015

Kazuo Koike author of Lone Wolf & Cub wrote me a note at his signing. I asked his Japanese translator sitting next to him what it said. She looks, points at the upper left - That says Lone Wolf & Cub, under that is Kazuo Koike's autograph. Then she shrugs and apologies and says she doesn't know what the note actually says...
Thanks to Daniel (see the comments below) I finally have a translation:
The short translation is: "Live simply".
The long translation is: When standing, you only need 1/2 a tatami mat of space. When lying, you need only 1 tatami mat. Even a king can eat no more than 2 1/2 portions of rice." signed KOZURE OKAMI (Lone Wolf and Cub) Kazuo Koike

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Daniel Middleton Member Since 2019

Posted On 9/25/2019

I had a similar piece from Koike (if you look in my gallery). It is an old saying in Japan.

It says going from right to left (and top to bottom): "Okite hanjo, Nette ichijo, Tenka tottemo, ni go han".

The short translation is "live simply".
The long translation is: When standing, you only need 1/2 a tatami mat of space. When lying, you need only 1 tatami mat. Even a king can eat no more than 2 1/2 portions of rice." signed KOZURE OKAMI (Lone Wolf and Cub) Kazuo Koike

Aric Castle Member Since 2015

Posted On 9/2/2020

Daniel Middleton wrote:

" I had a similar piece from Koike (if you look in my gallery). It is an old saying in Japan.
It says going from right to left (and top to bottom): "Okite hanjo, Nette ichijo, Tenka tottemo, ni go han".
The short translation is "live simply".
The long translation is: When standing, you only need 1/2 a tatami mat of space. When lying, you need only 1 tatami mat. Even a king can eat no more than 2 1/2 portions of rice." signed KOZURE OKAMI (Lone Wolf and Cub) Kazuo Koike
"

Thanks so much for the translation. I was sure it was something he repeated over and over, I saw someone in line ahead of me get the same thing.

Kazuo Koike 'Lone Wolf & Cub' Caligraphy SDCC 2013

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