Translation assistance

[Ed]

Hi all,

Just got this in and am having difficulty with the first kanji. Pretty sure I have the rest correct, but this one has me stumped. At first I thought it was one character, likely a title but none seem to match. Now wondering if it may be a two kanji province with "shu" at the bottom. Maybe 河州 Kashu ??????????

 

Anyone care to take a stab at it, please feel free.

 

Thanks.

[Nobody]

Maybe 関 (Seki).

[Bugyotsuji]

Just playing, but if not, then 雲州 ?

[Markus]

I also assume it is an abbreviated form of the old character for "Seki" which is:

 

關

[Ed]

Just checking in this morning and it looks like I'm going with Seki.

 

I didn't feel like it was Kashu, but that looked closer than anything else to my eye.

 

A big Thank You to everyone who offered their help.

[Brian]

Markus and Moriyama san...you guys are good

 

Brian

[Ed]

You said it Brian! Damn good! I am still looking at that one character shaking my head as to how they came up with seki. As it was followed by "Ju", I felt it had to be a province, but I had looked at every one character location (including Seki), as well as titles, you name it and nothing looked right to me. I can only venture a guess that it must be a gut feeling from having so much experience with the language.

 

At any rate, it made my day this morning when I read those posts.

 

Thanks again guys.

[Bugyotsuji]

Yup, learned something today! So many of these only make sense with the benefit of hindsight. Very good indeed!