Okay 10 points to the person who can tell me what these mean. I think they are japanese but my knowledge of Kanji is poor. I will give 10 points to the person with the best english translation. Pardon the url pictures, its the best i can do at the moment.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e332/tusculum/swordpicture1.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e332/tusculum/swordpicture2.jpg
2007-01-06 05:05:41 · 3 answers · asked by Robert B 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My grasp of Jap history is not good, but generally this is what it says:
Right line down "By order of the meiji emperor, personal knife, shadow make (i.e. the trial product before a blacksmith makes a actual one)
left line down is a bunch of names, the last of which is probably the maker of the blade.
2007-01-06 05:13:23 · answer #1 · answered by Kubbi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok.. this is very difficult ..
this is japanese kanji translation :from the right from top to bottom it says Meiji saintly emperor ( 明治聖帝), distribution sword (御配刀) , and shadow hitting (影打) . The next line from top to bottom it says, month mountain true (月山真一), ten XX(something)forming(十X成), and The same work (彤同作)
In the picture, it seems like it's a samurai's sword.. and this can be read in traditional chinese too!
so i've done the chinese one :
The Meiji saint emperor imperial matches the knife shade to hit Yueshan really 十X成 <---(this is the part i don't understand, becuz i cant identify the letter in the middle )Tong T'ungtso
This is all i can do !!! Hope it is what you want!!
2007-01-06 05:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by BoBomakeup 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Master= Sensei. iGoogle has a gadget that translates words and phrases. Try that!
2016-05-22 23:13:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋