Name On Naval Belt

[Ontario_Archaeology]

Hello, I was wondering what the name on the belt is.

Thanks

 

Matt

[SteveM]

澤田 = Sawada

[Ontario_Archaeology]

Thank- you very much.

 

Matt

[Bugyotsuji]

Steve, how do you get 澤 out of that shot?

[Guido]

Steve, how do you get 澤 out of that shot?

 

I'm not Steve, but:

[Bugyotsuji]

Finally got it, it is LEFT to RIGHT?!?!?!? Hahahaha.... I got a seriously cricked neck trying to read it vertically!............... Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh.....   I want my life back!    

[Bazza]

Chuckle chuckle.  Years and decades ago when I was very young and green I had an item with kanji.  Knowing nothing I copied the kanji as carefully as I could and took it to a new friend who had some expertise in Japanese language.  He took it in his hands, looked at with a puzzled expression, then his face lightened considerably as he turned it around and said to me "It is very difficult to copy kanji upside down!!"

 

So Piers mate, chill...  You can take your life back now...

 

Thanks for the memory jog.

 

BaZZa.

[Ontario_Archaeology]

Sorry about the poor pictures, I will make sure to improve my picture game in the future.

 

Matt

[Bugyotsuji]

The trick is that 田 can work both ways!!! Grrrr... :nuts:

[Baka Gaijin]

On a slightly different tangent, Eric Hebborn, the master forger, wrote in "The Art Forgers Handbook" that turning the drawing upside down was the way he copied the signatures of Renaissance Artists so that they were indistinguishable from the original.

 

I wonder if that works with Kanji as it's all about stroke direction and pressure.