A Japanese HANKO, designed by a professional seal engraver and delivered as digital data.
Bring the beauty of Japanese seal design into the digital world.
Your Digital HANKO is individually designed by a fourth-generation seal engraver of KAMAKURA SIGNET in Kamakura, Japan. Each design is carefully composed using the same principles of balance, character form and seal engraving that we apply to our handcrafted physical HANKO.
Perfect for digital artwork, documents, social media, branding, presentations, websites and personal creative use.
What You Will Receive
Your completed Digital HANKO will be delivered as digital image files.
Included files:
PNG with transparent background
High-resolution PNG
Red seal impression version
The transparent-background file can easily be placed over photographs, artwork, documents and other digital content.
Choose Your Name or Design
Your HANKO can be created using:
KANJI
KATAKANA
HIRAGANA
Japanese-style interpretation of your name
Artist name / Gagō
A selected Japanese character or short word
For non-Japanese names, we can also suggest suitable Japanese characters or Katakana based on pronunciation, meaning and visual balance.
Designed by a Japanese Seal Engraver
A HANKO is not simply Japanese characters placed inside a circle.
The spacing, thickness of the lines, relationship between the characters and the balance of red and white space are all carefully considered.
Your Digital HANKO is designed using the same sensibility that has guided our family’s seal engraving tradition since 1898.
How It Works
1. Enter the name you would like to use
Please provide your first name, last name, artist name or preferred word.
2. Choose your preferred writing style
KANJI / KATAKANA / HIRAGANA, or leave the choice to the artisan.
3. We create your HANKO design
The artisan prepares a design based on the name and intended use.
4. Receive your digital files
After the design is completed, your Digital HANKO will be delivered electronically.
Recommended Uses
Digital HANKO can be used for:
Digital calligraphy
Japanese or Asian-style artwork
Social media posts
Instagram and online content
Personal websites
Digital signatures
Presentation materials
Creative projects
Personal branding
Digital greeting cards
It is also an ideal option for customers who would like to experience Japanese HANKO design before ordering a handcrafted physical seal.
Important Notice
Digital HANKO is a design product for digital and creative use.
It is not intended to replace a legally registered Japanese seal (Jitsuin), bank seal (Ginkō-in) or other official identification seal.
The copyright and design rights remain with KAMAKURA SIGNET unless otherwise agreed.
For logos, commercial branding, resale, merchandise or other commercial applications, please contact us before ordering.
From Digital to Handcrafted
If you later wish to turn your Digital HANKO into a real Japanese seal, we can engrave the same design by hand onto traditional materials such as Japanese boxwood, buffalo horn or other premium materials.
A digital design can therefore become the beginning of your own handcrafted HANKO.
