Many custom options...

Tan Paper and Copper Silk Love Wall Scroll
Red Paper and Ivory Silk Love Wall Scroll
Orange Paper Love Scroll
Crazy Blue and Gold Silk Love Scroll


And formats...

Love Vertical Portrait
Love Horizontal Wall Scroll
Love Vertical Portrait

光陰矢の如し in Chinese / Japanese...

Buy an 光陰矢の如し calligraphy wall scroll here!

Time and Tide Wait for No Man

Customize & Buy
 kouinya no goto shi
Time and Tide Wait for No Man Scroll

光陰矢の如し is a Japanese proverb that means “time flies like an arrow.” It's very similar to the English idiom, “time and tide wait for no man,” or “life is short.”

The Kanji breakdown:
光陰 = Time (the cycle of light and dark).
[and an]
矢 = Arrow
の = are
如し = Alike

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.


Not the results for 光陰矢の如し that you were looking for?

Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 光陰矢の如し search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

光陰矢の如し

see styles		  kouinyanogotoshi / koinyanogotoshi
    こういんやのごとし

More info & calligraphy:

Time and Tide Wait for No Man
(expression) time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short

Variations:
光陰矢のごとし
光陰矢の如し

see styles		  kouinyanogotoshi / koinyanogotoshi
    こういんやのごとし		 (expression) (proverb) time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)
Time and Tide Wait for No Man光陰矢の如し
光阴矢の如し		kouinya no goto shi
kouinyanogotoshi
koinya no goto shi
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.


Dictionary

Lookup 光陰矢の如し in my Japanese & Chinese Dictionary


Successful Chinese Character and Japanese Kanji calligraphy searches within the last few hours...

A Journey of a Thousand MilesAartiAbhishekAbieAbundance and ProsperityAdapt and OvercomeAdielAdnanAftabAgonAguilarAhmadAhmedAikido YoshinkanAikoAimanAimeeAizahAjaniAkariAkashAkbarAkemiAkiraAldaAlejandroAlexAlexaAlinaAlizaAllahAlone With Only Your Shadow for CompanyAlvinAlways and ForeverAlways Striving for Inner StrengthAlways TogetherAmanAmaneAmayaAmbroseAmeerAmeliaAminAmirAmitaAmmarAmnaAmonAnalynAnderAngelAngusAnikAnjaliAnjiAnkitaAntoineAntonAnuragArchangelArchieAriaAriadneAriesArinaArjayArleyArmanArmandoArneArnoldArunArvinAshwinAthenaAtonementAuroraAutumnAveryAyeshaAylaAzuraBarunBe GratefulBe Like WaterBeatriceBeloved Son Beloved ChildBenjamimBernBibekBless This HouseBlessingsBlissBoschBradenBrave WarriorBrettBriceBriellaBroken Mirror RejoinedBrotherBrotherly LoveBuddha ScrollBuddyBushiBushido CodeBusterCalistaCarlCarolCarpe DiemCarsonCassCatherineCeciliaCelineCesarChambersChandraCharismaCharleyCharmaineChaudharyChelleChelsieChi EnergyChinese Traditional MedicineChoiChop Wood Carry WaterChrissaChristianityChristinaChristopherClarisseCliffColsonCompassionConradCourage to Do What is RightCraneCreativityDaisyDaito Ryu Aiki JujutsuDaniDanielDanikoDark AngelDaronDarryDarshanDeath Before DishonorDeath Before SurrenderDeepakDeirdreDela-CruzDelilahDerekDevinDidelphis MarsupialisDinahDirkDisciplineDivyaDojoDominicDragon HorseDrewDrunken FistDurhamDwayneEddieEdithEgonEhsanEight ImmortalsEishin RyuEldest DaughterElenElenaEliaEliasElijahElineElizaEllyElmoEmeryEmilEmiliaEmma-RoseEmmanuelEmpty HandEnergyEnjoy LifeEnriqueEnsoEnso CircleErenEricErik

All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.

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.

Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!

When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.


A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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.

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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.


Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.