mei translation

[Nick]

I've wracked my brain and scoured allmy books trying to figure out the translation on this wak.

The opposite side has a dedication to the Japanese Sun-Goddess "Amaterasu Omi Kami Tenshoko", but this side is really giving me a hard time

As far as I can figure out the middle character might be "tane" but the other two have stumped me

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[sencho]

Moriyama san will give definitive I am sure, but this is what it looks like to me

 

At first I went with Kuro for first kanji (黒), but now I think it is actually KARASU 烏

 

second kanji can be said SHU or TANE 種

 

thrid kanji can be said TAI or OBI 帯

 

 

Moriyama san????

 

Cheers!

[Nobody]

Hi,

 

Maybe the inscription is 篤種帯. Though I am unsure about its reading or meaning, it may read "Atsutane obiru", which means "Atsutane bears (this)". Atsutane seems to be the owner of the sword.

[sencho]

Hi Moriyama san,

 

Can you spell out the first picture in romanji. I am having a bit of difficulty with it after Amaterasu....... 天照 ...

 

Amaterasu... "no" o mikami.... is that right... "no" doesn't sound correct.... I may be having a brain fart however!!

 

Cheers

[Nobody]

Hi sencho san,

 

The first one is 天照皇大神. That reads "Amaterasu Sume Omikami".

[Nick]

Hi all,

Many thanks for your help. It's does make a little more sense now. I kept coming up with Atsu, shu, obi, too, but it just didn't make any sense as I was trying to correlate it to a smith.

Also, on the dedication, according to my 'Nelson's Jap-Eng character dictionary pg 36, those 5 kanji relate exactly to the translation "Amaterasu Omikami, Tenshoko.

Without the 3rd kanji it translates to Amaterasu Omikami.

Nobody, is there a difference between Amaterasu Omikami, Tenshoko and Amaterasu Sume Omikami?

I'm assuming that either way, it's a dedication.

Once again, thanks all for your help

[Nobody]

Nobody, is there a difference between Amaterasu Omikami, Tenshoko and Amaterasu Sume Omikami?

I'm assuming that either way, it's a dedication.

Hi,

"天照大神" reads "Amaterasu Omikami", while "天照皇大神" reads "Amaterasu sume Omikami". Both mean the same Goddess. "sume" is a prefix for Omikami. And "Tenshoko" is another reading for "天照皇".

But I might make mistakes as I am not a spcialist in this field.

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

But I might make mistakes as I am not a spcialist in this field.

 

Not a specialist ?

Lord, I wonder what a specialist is able to translate...

[Nobody]

Not a specialist ?

Lord, I wonder what a specialist is able to translate...

Ah, not a specialist of Shito (神道), ancient history, or classics, I mean.