Japanese hanko stamp company Hankos has released a new collection of order-made hanko which feature traditional family crests. Hanko stamps are often used in Japan in place of signatures where you have your name printed onto the stamp itself. This new collection contains over 3,000 crests to pick from.
There are three designs to choose from including a self-ink type, a wooden type which can be used at banks in Japan, and a black version. You can choose to have your own name carved on, a nickname, handle name, or even a word in Japanese. You can have a maximum of three Kanji, five Hiragana or Katakana, or 6 romaji characters.
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Online hanko store Hankos released a new collection based on the popular manga and anime series Kuroko’s Basketball. Hanko are a type of stamp or seal traditionally used in place of signatures in Japan. They are crafted with people’s names and unique symbols.
The made-to-order collection features images characters which can be coupled with names and Japanese characters of your choice.
There are 40 characters to choose from, including the protagonist Tetsuya Kuroko, his classmate and friend Taiga Kagami, the all-star team Generation of Miracles, and more.
There are three fonts to choose from including just a basic Japanese font, a handwritten font, and a cute bubble font. You can choose to have your own name carved on, a nickname, handle name, or even a word in Japanese. You can have a maximum of three Kanji, five Hiragana or Katakana, or 6 romaji characters.
There are also three designs to choose from including a self-ink type, a wooden type which can be used at banks in Japan, and a black version. Each also comes in an original case with Tetsuya Kuroko, Taiga Kagami, and the five Generation of Miracles.
The collection is a must-grab for fans of Kuroko’s Basketball. Stamp your favourite character on your notebook, on letters, and everywhere else!
©Tadatoshi Fujimaki / Shueisha・Kuroko’s Basketball Production Committee
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Kuroko’s Basketball Hanko Collection
Product Page: https://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/hankos/kuroko/ -
Internet hanko shop ‘Inkan Hanko SHOP Hankos’ (印鑑はんこSHOPハンコズ) has started selling a special series of hanko called ‘Manga Zukan’ for manga lovers out there. A hanko is a special, personalised stamp of your name used to sign documents in Japan. They take a more fun route to signing rather than the serious, businesslike image that all hanko have given up to now.
‘Manga Zukan’ is the first instalment in a new series of hanko from the store, a series they are calling ‘FUNCO’. The Manga Zukan hanko features manga-like speech bubbles and borders. ‘FUNCO’ is a portmanteau of ‘fun’ and the ‘ko’ sound of ‘hanko’.
There are 13 speech bubble designs and 5 border designs for a total of 18 illustrations from the Manga Zukan series.The calligraphy style of the text uses real fonts, giving it that real manga edge. Use them for anything and everything: notes, letters – even the post or the bank. Get your own stylised hanko from the Manga Zukan series and feel like you are really in a manga!
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Manga Zukan
http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/hankos/mangazukan/
