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[Ian]

Hi all

 

Please could you help me out and give me a full translation of this oregami as I need it for customs.

 

Many thanks.

 

Ian C

[Bugyotsuji]

Line one on the right says: Kantei-sho = Evaluation Certificate

Line two says: Nagasa ni-shaku ni sun go-bu kyo = Length 2 Shaku, Two Sun & just over 5 Bu

Line 3 says: Ichi. Tachi. Mei, Shigenaga (Osafune. Jidai: Nanboku-cho makki Oyobi? itaru? O-ei)

= Item. Tachi. Signature Shigenaga (Osafune. Age: End *Namboku Dynasty or? up to? **O-ei)

*Nanboku Cho 1336-1392 **O-ei 1394-1428

[Bugyotsuji]

L4: Migi wa to-kyoukai ni oite shinsa no kekka tokubetsu hozon to-ken to

L5: kanteishite, kore wo sho suru

= The object described on the right is judged a blade worthy of special preservation, and this we certify.

 

L6: Heisei 13, shigatsu itsuka= 5 April 2001

L7: Zaidan Hojin NihonBijutsu To-ken Kyokai = Foundation name. Japan Fine Art Swords Association

 

(If there are any mistakes in the above, I hope someone will step in and correct them. Thank you.)

[Nobody]

Allow me to add several corrections, although the translations already given by Piers are 99 % correct.

 

L2: 長 二尺二寸五分弱

Nagasa ni-shaku ni-sun go-bu jaku – a little less than 2-shaku 2-sun 5-bu

The last kanji could be 強 as Piers read. But it looks 弱 to me.

 

L3: 一、太刀 銘 重永 (長船 時代南北朝末期乃至応永)

Hitotsu, Tachi, Mei Shigenaga (Osafune, Jidai; Nanboku-cho makki naishi Oei)

...... from late Nanboku-cho to Oei

 

L7: 財團法人 日本美術刀剣保存協會

Zaidan hojin Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai

[Bugyotsuji]

Koichi san, many thanks. I never fail to learn something from you.

 

So Ian, in L7 include the word 'Preservation' before Society! Completely missed it out! Please adjust according to Koichi san's recommendations.

[Ian]

Many Thanks’ to you all, I'm just getting pre armed for the customs game!

 

Ian C

[Bugyotsuji]

Many Thanks’ to you all, I'm just getting pre armed for the customs game!

 

Ian C

 

Good luck with that. I've not done it myself yet, but would you not need a notaried translation?

Otherwise, from their point of view, how do customs know that the translation is accurate? Forgive me if this has been discussed elsewhere...