Thread: [KANJI HELP] Post here your requests

Originally Posted by Fikira

Arsenico,

I have a couple a questions of kanji I can't figure out:

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I have a box with 3 Orihi, accompanied with a stone and nagura


First of all, I'm wondering what this stamp on the Orihi means:


Then there is a stamp on the lid of the box, it seems to be a date, is this correct?

I believe I can read (from right to left):
和昭 Showa
?五年 = ?gonen = year ?5
(I can't seem to read the first kanji just before 五,
also the 2 kanji aside to the 3 peaks I can't figure out)

The symbol of the 3 peaks also seems to be a mystery, it also is seen on the wooden bottom,
attached beneath the stone:


I've seen this symbol before, yesterday I finally found it back again,
on a 金文字 (Kinmoji=gold or gilt letters) Inoue Tosuke razor:

Between 登録井上藤助作 (registered work of Inoue Tōsuke (?))
and I believe 別註 (not sure of the symbol after Betsu) there is this symbol:


It seems that it is the same symbol, do you know the meaning of it?

That's quite enough for now I guess

Curious about it!

Thank you very much!

With respect,

Jethro

Hi Jethro,
things are getting harder and harder here
In the first pic, those symbols (the first and the third) are hentaigana.
The first one might be the "KO" in the word Henkotsu.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE5aaOQE...n-by=oldkimono
Second one is a regular hiragano GO and the third one seems to me a YU. Does the word Kogoyu says something to you?
OMG wait wait
I found the first one! It's a NA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentaigana look at the chart...
So I am expecting the third one to be a YA.... for NAGOYA
Let me check...　
No, nothing like a YA

mmmh You know what It might be a name/surname and this makes much more sense right?
MIGHT be Mr Nago Yu...Surname/Name ... it's my final answer

Second pics says
Showa year 15 Kensa
昭和拾五年検査　（拾 this is a way to write 10 in legal documents - got help from Taro-san for this, and 検査-kensa means inspection) So basically it says that an inspection/test took place in Showa year 15 (1940)



The 3 spikes symbol is used for yama 山



Hope this helps