The Name Naranu Koto Wa Naranu Mono Desu in Chinese/Japanese on a Personalized Wall Scroll.

This is a Japanese proverb associated with Bushido that means “What is wrong, must not be done” or “That which must not be shall not be.”

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Hiragana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

デス is the name Desu in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

忍びの者 or “Shinobi no Mono” is a series of jidaigeki novels written by Tomoyoshi Murayama and the title of a movie and TV series.

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

一は全、全は一 means “One is all, all is one” in Japanese.

一は全、全は一 is a somewhat well-known modern proverb in Japanese. However, many will associate it with an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist, a popular Japanese anime series.

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

This translates as “the pathos of things,” “an empathy toward things,” or “a sensitivity to ephemera.”

物の哀れ is a Japanese proverb for the awareness of impermanence, or transience of things.

Both things and the emotions about those things do not last forever.

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

德蘇 is the name Desu in Chinese (Mandarin).