Kogatana mei

[Jeff Pringle]

Well, I've had a go at this via the Nihonto kanji pages as well as some of the fonts on my computer, and gotten nowhere - maybe not the best choice for a first attempt at reading an inscription in Japanese...

Thanks for any assistance!

 

Jeff

[Darcy]

First is a bonji, last is a kao. I had some guesses on the others but don't think they're any good .

[Guest reinhard]

Bonji

Osaka X(?)

MORIMICHI saku.

Kao

 

Looks strange.

 

reinhard

[sencho]

Bonji

 

maybe Osaka as Reinhard says but I am not 100%　大阪　we're talking about the prefecture right??? :lol:

 

Sakamichi saku ç››é“作 ... at first glance, but also as Reinhard says Morimichi... same 1st kanji.... no SAKA's in Hawleys but lots of MORI's

 

Kao

[Darcy]

Ugh. I get it, it's two rows of kanji. I was trying to look those up as three kanji heh, no wonder I couldn't get anywhere!

[sencho]

:lol:

 

first time I looked I thought... "bloody hell, that's a lot of strokes!!!!"

 

:lol:

[Nobody]

The mei may be;

 

大å‚ä½ (Osaka ju) or (Ozaka ju?)

ç››é“作 (Morimichi saku)

 

I am not sure about the bonji, but it could be Acala.

[sencho]

Moriyama san....

 

Sumimasen... regarding the Kanji for Osaka 大å‚　rather than the kanji for the prefecture 大阪　... is this an older kanji for Osaka?... or does it refer to something else??

 

Thanks and regards

Nigel

[Nobody]

Nigel,

 

Osaka (Ozaka?) was written as å¤§å‚ until Meiji or late Edo period.

But I am not good at history.

[sencho]

"Arigatou san!!"　　 　　 :D

 

Cheers!

[Jeff Pringle]

Many thanks!