Japanese Kanji Work Gloves
After successfully making it out of the 80's and 90's without branding myself with some sketchily translated form of calligraphy on the back of my milky neck or delicately inked onto my ankle, this winter I have donned a far a less permanent, yet equally foolish option. Unlike the questionable tattoos designed to ward off bad spirits and alert people to the fact that the wearer is an insecure and unimaginative round eyed devil that believes their "tat" is an edgy addition to their business casual persona, my new Kanji emblazoned Japanese working gloves unapologetically reek of jackass.
Made and purchased in Japan, these lovely additions to my winter attire can easily be worn face up or face down depending on how foolish or brave I am feeling. Although they are clearly labeled "Japanese Kanji", I have not had the inclination to have them properly translated. Until I do, I will be certain not to wave to anyone I suspect of reading Kanji for fear of insulting their mother, or requesting them to cut my hands off.
Don't worry, they don't make much sense! The Kanji characters have been cut up.
Posted by: tommy | February 20, 2008 at 07:16 AM
Thank you Tommy, you have lifted a great weight off of my shoulders and hands.
Posted by: Brooklyn Bridge | February 20, 2008 at 08:58 AM
Hi there~ i guess Tommy already answer your question... my friend Jennifer had a very cool Japanese graphic t-shirt long time ago...until she mets me... on the t-shirt it printed "I AM A STUPID DUMB AMERICAN!!" *.* we are best friends even since
Posted by: charlotte | February 23, 2008 at 06:09 AM
The fonts on your gloves are components of Kanji (Han Chinese ideograms) and don't mean anything by themselves.
I congratulate you on refraining from getting Kanji tattoos.
The Japanese considers them rather tacky and the tattoo artists in the US have no aesthetic sense about them.
Not only are they done inaccurately without style, but sometimes completely mistaken, and the cultural components associated with the ideograms are wholly foreign to them. I once saw a tall and gaunt woman who had the Kanji "Horse" proudly tattooed on her neck.
From the execution of that particular tattoo on the big boned woman evoked rather an old work horse than any
romantic notions associated with the beast in the West.
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