DGARBUTT Posted August 13, 2008 Report Posted August 13, 2008 Can someone translate/give me the significance of this kinpun kanji found on a wakizashi signed Echigo (no) Kami Kanesada? kinpun kanji.pdf Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted August 14, 2008 Report Posted August 14, 2008 Well, I can't tell you the significance per se, but someone else surely will. The character is Tou, Nami, or O-nami, which would be a great wave, or an ocean swell. It can be found in combinations such as Wave Dragon, Silver Wave, Wind and Waves. The character has been used in poetry from ancient China. As a verb 'Namitatsu', it has the implication of something calm getting rougher or starting to create waves, as the grass in a prairie, or the surface of the sea. A secondary meaning is the sound of the wind that blows through the Matsu pine trees. PS Dale, where on the wakizashi was the kinpun kanji? On the nakago somewhere? Was it hard to get such a clean oshigata off kinpun? Quote
Brian Posted August 15, 2008 Report Posted August 15, 2008 Posted as a jpeg for ease of viewing.. If it's just the solitary kanji on the nakago, could it be that the sword was named by the owner? Brian Quote
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