Grey Doffin Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 Hi guys, Years ago I put together a set of flashcards with characters commonly seen in sword signatures. The Kanji were chosen to be relevant, no hello or where is the bathroom please, just those found on swords: smiths' names & titles, provinces, numbers, made by, resident of, and others. 270 cards on card stock, Kanji (written by a classically trained Japanese woman) on one side and English on the other, and since this is writing it is closer to what you see on your swords than print would be. Sets (I have many) can be had for $25 plus post here: https://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/books/kanji-flashcards If you are interested please contact me by email from my site, not by personal message on NMB (I need your emails to keep track of business). Thanks, Grey 2 Quote
Mark Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 a lifetime ago i learned kanji and translation from Grey's kanji cards. If i had a mei i would go through the cards and place ones that looked close to a kanji next to it, then when i was through i would take all the close kanji and eliminate ones until i had what i thought was right, then putting them together i could usually use Hawley's to figure out the mei and what i was missing. also when i had spare time i would study them and eventually recognized what the kanji said. 1 Quote
16k Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 I have a set and would recommend it. Very useful! Quote
kissakai Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 I'd also like to recommend these kanji cards Quote
PietroParis Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 What would you expect the price to be for shipping to the EU? Quote
Grey Doffin Posted January 5, 2021 Author Report Posted January 5, 2021 Hi Pietro, Checking for Germany, for example, it will be $24.50 for 1st class without insurance or $38.60 for priority with insurance. Cheers, Grey 1 Quote
cju777 Posted January 6, 2021 Report Posted January 6, 2021 Those are awesome! Giving me flashbacks of being a Chinese major way back in college... and the boxes of cards somewhere that haunt my neglected studies. The emphasis on sword terms is great, no better way to pick up characters IMHO than flipping through cards, and the font is fantastic! 1 Quote
Surfson Posted January 6, 2021 Report Posted January 6, 2021 I have two original sets of these. Maybe they will become collector's items some day. Thanks for doing this Grey, and thanks for reintroducing them for newer collectors. Quote
cju777 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 My own set from Grey just arrived, they are excellent. Thank you! Quote
kissakai Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 As I said before I can recommend these kanji cards I have mine in a card index Not being able to read them I have put the stroke number on the card with a sub-number grouping together the kanji that are similar in the strokes used This way I only have to go through a few of my sets rather than all of them Quote
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