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Mike Cash said:
It looks like 義正 to me. What katakana does it look like?
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I thought the bottom 2 looked like Katakana but now I know I'm wrong as you said it looks like 義正 which translates as Yoshimasa. That makes sense as Yoshimasa is a Japanese bronze maker.
Many thanks for your help. This site is so helpful.
 
You need to check if the inscription the company uses is the same as your one. It seems that there are some artists whose names are 義正.
 
Toritoribe said:
You need to check if the inscription the company uses is the same as your one. It seems that there are some artists whose names are 義正.
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Yes thank you for your advice. I have checked and it is the same. Dates from about the 1900.
I also have a plaque with a design on. Is this writing or just decoration? Thanks again.
 
What does this mean?
 

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I looked up tsutsumi and it does not look like the stamp. The stamp has an X looking mark. Here is a picture of the actual stamp seen in reverse.
 

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坡 - Wiktionary
It can be read "tsutsumi". (The meaning is "slope", though.) The most common Japanese reading is "ha".
 
Hello does anyone know this kanji? I've been having a difficult time finding it, even in those search engines that let you draw it.
I'll be very grateful if you can help me because this kanji is starting to drive me crazy.
 

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It's neither Japanese kanji nor Chinese hanzi. It's just a mark/symbol or a part of kanji.
 
Xiong-san said:
Hello does anyone know this kanji? I've been having a difficult time finding it, even in those search engines that let you draw it.
I'll be very grateful if you can help me because this kanji is starting to drive me crazy.
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Where did you see it? What's the context?

It looks like it may be a stylized version of a variant of 今

今

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Ah, it would make sense if it's just the style.
I got it from a manga
I know the latter part means something like "I might as well be dead" but the first kanji just threw me off.
 

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That's a good example of how important the context is. You should have given us the whole sentence in the first place.
 
すみません。
I will try harder to be more clear next time.
Thank you so much for your help.
 
Hello, everyone. It's been a long time. I was watching a Japanese movie and there was some kanji on the protagonist's clothes:



Would it be "bushido"? At least the bottom one looks like "do" to me... Thanks in advance.
 
虎神道
虎 - tiger
神道 - Shinto
Probably some proper name. May be a person's name, a location's name an organization's name.
 
Thanks a lot for your replies.

Yeah, Tori-san. It's from "Bushido Man" indeed. Great movie.

So, is that his proper name? How read it? "tora shinto"? Would it have something to do with the Toramaru's school name, Mugen-ga ryuu, that is mentioned some times?
 
I don't know. The reading might be "Tora Shintō", as you wrote, or could be "Koshindō". It's a coined word, anyway, and can't be his name. I don't think it has something to do with 無限我流.
 
Hmmmm... how odd, huh? I cited his school name because of several type of pronounce of kanji and I thought probably could be related somehow with them. An ancient form of saying those kanji, who knows?

Anyway, all the responses were very helpful. Thanks a lot for your clarification.
 
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hey, just joined the forum to ask you guys a question - i'm looking to get some kanji tattooed on my fingers, so ideally i need to know how to write the following words in one character each (if possible). they are:

darkness
shadow
ghost/demon
fury
night

i have read that ghost is typically written in two parts, as the "oni" character alone conveys more of an ogre-like demon? if this is the case, i'll work around it. thanks in advance to anyone who can help

sorry for double post, but i can't edit now.

would also like to know the symbol for "future"
 
Hello I joined the forum hoping someone can help me identify a necklace and the kanji symbols on the back, I haven't had any luck so far any help would be great! Here are some pictures
 

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TigerPunch said:
Hello I joined the forum hoping someone can help me identify a necklace and the kanji symbols on the back, I haven't had any luck so far any help would be great! Here are some pictures
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That's Sanskrit, not kanji.
 
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