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Hello,

 

I would kindly ask for your help.

My partly translation is 安永 An-ei (1772) xx 一 Ichi 月 Gatsu x (1772 xx 1 Month x)

 

Many thanks in advance

Klaus

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I agree with Peter.

 

安永五年二月日 An'ei gonen nigatsu bi (a day in the 2nd month, 5th year of An'ei).

 

Or March of 1776 according to NengoCalc… if you take the nigatsu at face value (which you shouldn't).

Posted

Klaus, this is an easy one to mistake if you have not tried a lot of the "loose form" dates like it. For future reference, when you see this kind of flowing script, typically the kanji for year 年 will be very big & round and the kanji for month 月 will be very tall & droopy.

 

Two examples from Fujishiro:

 

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Left: 延宝九年二月日 Enpō kyūnen nigatsu bi

Right: 延宝五年八月日 Enpō gonen hachigatsu bi

Posted

An overlooked element of John Yumoto's little book are the several pages of kanji variations which show exactly the diversity that Gabriel mentioned. Sometimes the old stuff is worth remembering.

Peter

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Peter,

 

Absolutely! I actually imaged those pages and turned them into a PDF for myself because they're so useful. I still go back to them once in a while when I'm having trouble on something.

 

Japanese Art Signatures by Self & Hirose is good too (showing many variations), but ironically its thoroughness means I leave it on the shelf more often than not. It is not organized in a concise sword-specific way… Yumoto is much more convenient for the core set of characters.

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