Thread: [KANJI HELP] Post here your requests

Originally Posted by Fikira

Terrible sorry, I believe I made it work now, sorry...
hope this is alright now? (I also changed it in previous post)

https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/...kings-symbols/

Well done!

Originally Posted by Arsenico

Well done!

Thanks! Thank you too for all your fantastic help here!

Arsenico,

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

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

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

Originally Posted by Benjisco

Hi ArsenicoAttachment 240123Attachment 240124
I was hoping that you could help with this Kamisori I have in my collection, iv had it some time but haven't got round to honing it yet. I plan on doing this tomorrow. Whilst I was inspecting the blade it there seems to be many symbols on it, certainly more than any of my other kamisori. Can you shed some light on what they mean? Iv attached 3 pictures in different lights, so hopefully it should make any translation easier?

Many Thanks in advance

Hi benjisco, sorry for being so late...i will let you know in a couple of days... I believe there is an hentaigana here too...give me a couple of days more...

[QUOTE=Arsenico;
"things are getting harder and harder here"
...
"Hope this helps"[/QUOTE]

It certainly helps a lot!

Yep, that wasn't an easy one!
Glad to know it wasn't too easy

Your help is of tremendous value!

The name/surname Mr Nago... is a very good start!
Thank you for the hentaigana, didn't have these yet

"検査-kensa" > that was as well a hunch of me, but I didn't understand,
and I wasn't sure, now it is clear and it makes perfectly sense now!
THANKS!!!

"拾" I never would have found this one!
THANKS A LOT!!!

Really, you're great!

Originally Posted by Arsenico

Hi benjisco, sorry for being so late...i will let you know in a couple of days... I believe there is an hentaigana here too...give me a couple of days more...

Thanks for getting back, please take your time. Cheers

I love this site!

Originally Posted by Benjisco

Hi ArsenicoAttachment 240123Attachment 240124
I was hoping that you could help with this Kamisori I have in my collection, iv had it some time but haven't got round to honing it yet. I plan on doing this tomorrow. Whilst I was inspecting the blade it there seems to be many symbols on it, certainly more than any of my other kamisori. Can you shed some light on what they mean? Iv attached 3 pictures in different lights, so hopefully it should make any translation easier?

Many Thanks in advance

Hi Benjisco,

So...starting from the top we have:
最高級 (Saikokyu) First Class
別鋼羽 (Betsu - Hagane - Hane) Another, different - Steel - Feather, Wing. MIGHT be a kind of "special light steel"

Middle line
特級　（Tokkyu) Special
商標登録　(Shouhyou Touroku) Registered Trade Mark
？別　(？Betsu) Betsu is the same as above, the first one might be 蝶　(chou) meaning "butterfly" but i am not sure.
Butterfly and wings mmmmh mmh don't really know if they are connected

Last 3 kanji are:
剪刀高　(Sentou and Taka-i) Scissors and High, tall, expansive. I found on a dictionary that sentou are scissors, but usually surigical ones. So I don't know if this might be a "surgical razor" like the western ones made only by steel, to be easily sanitized. Actually avery kamisori is made only by steel, so I don't know if this makes any sense.

Hope this helps

Originally Posted by Arsenico

？別　(？Betsu) Betsu is the same as above, the first one might be 蝶　(chou) meaning "butterfly" but i am not sure.
Butterfly and wings mmmmh mmh don't really know if they are connected



Hope this helps

Maybe it is: 别誂 / 別誂 ? (read R>L)
= betsu·atsura = special order