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Here is another from a Satsuma Vase. Can you help?
 

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Can you translate my son his name in katakana and in 1 or 2 kanjis if you have the time his name is Jayden
 
慈英伝

Phonetically this is a close as you'll get. じえいでん Ji-ei-den
The meaning of the kanji are compassion + excel (excellent) + legend (or transmission).
You can create the same sound with different kanji (meaning; there are different kanji that have the same exact sounds).
慈英伝、慈英田、慈英電、自営伝, etc.. but the meanings start to be a bit silly and unpoetic.
 
慈英伝

Phonetically this is a close as you'll get. じえいでん Ji-ei-den
The meaning of the kanji are compassion + excel (excellent) + legend (or transmission).
You can create the same sound with different kanji (meaning; there are different kanji that have the same exact sounds).
慈英伝、慈英田、慈英電、自営伝, etc.. but the meanings start to be a bit silly and unpoetic.
Yeah i was looking on translators and kanji generators and i tought i wanted to be sure they were correct tank you for your help it helped alot
 
Okay, I wasn't paying enough attention... :oops:

But if kanji are not the priority--tho it looks like they are--then I'd go for ジェーデン.
 
Awesome Thanks Chris. Strangely I cant so far I cant find a Japanese silversmith named Tomomori. Maybe the mark is who it was made for and not the maker. Looks like I have some research to do.
 
Tomomori is the only one possible reading even in that period.
 
Hello, everyone! Can anyone tell me what this says? I Imagine its the artist's name. It's on the bottom of an old Kokeshi doll. Many thanks!
Marius
 

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The middle ones are written vertically, and I believe it says




It appears to be the artist's name. I won't hazard a guess as to the ones on either side.
 
I considered that, too, but I based my response on this auction.
You're probably correct, though. I don't know squat about kokeshi dolls.
 
It's not really Japanese kanji. Looks like someone took some kanji and added some bits onto them.
I mean, the first one kind of looks like 正 (truth, justice) with some extra strokes added to it. The second one kind of looks like 木 (tree) with an extra stroke added to it.

But adding strokes renders the kanji into something nonsensical.

Just like if you added a dot or a line to the letter "K".
It doesn't turn it into a new letter, it just turns it into a ridiculous-looking "K".
 
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