rnardi Posted July 16, 2018 Report Posted July 16, 2018 Please help with this translation. I can not find matching Kanji in my references. Quote
Bazza Posted July 16, 2018 Report Posted July 16, 2018 KANENORI. Variant kanji can be tricky. John Yumoto's little book THE SAMURAI SWORD has a section in the back pages that is a very useful summary of how different some kanji can look even though they are notionally "the same". WW2 signatures can be especially difficult. Otherwise one just needs to keep on keeping on looking at signatures in books and working them out for oneself. It also helps to study writing kanji - there are books around that give stroke-by-stroke illustrations. Stroke order is particularly important. Best regards, BaZZa. 1 Quote
Ray Singer Posted July 19, 2018 Report Posted July 19, 2018 I am just curious, where is this sword for sale? I have been seeing this sword posted everywhere by different individuals, including personal emails/messages for translations and submissions to different Facebook groups. I do not have any personal interest in buying this sword, just curious to know why it is getting so much attention. Quote
rnardi Posted July 19, 2018 Author Report Posted July 19, 2018 The sword was for sale on ebay. Asking a buy it now price of $1500...it's not listed anymore... Quote
Geraint Posted July 20, 2018 Report Posted July 20, 2018 Dear Ray. I suspect that it might have to do with the koshirae, tachi koshirae are not that common, even these recent ones. All the best. Quote
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