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Subject:Re: help to read names of japanese kamakura heroes
Posted By: I.Nagy Fri, Apr 19, 2024
鎌蔵武勇六歌仙 Kamakura Buyu Rokkasen - Kamakura's Six Warrior Immortals of Poetry
Texts on cartas are proverbs.
江間小四郎 Ema Koshiro
いしのうえにもさんねん - Ishi no ue ni mo sannen -If you sit on a stone for three years (the stone will start to wam up) - ca. If you are persevere you will definitely succeed.
大江廣元 Oe no Hiromoto
えてにほうふあげ - Ete ni hoage - To raise your sails to your advantage
源實朝 Minamoto no Sanetomo
みからでたさび - Mi kara deta sabi - Rust from the body - ca. Paying for one's mistakes
北条時政 Hojo Tokimasa
えんの下の力もち - En no shita no chikaramochi -
Power behind the scenes - ca. An unsung hero
政子御前 Masako -Gozen - Lady Masako
おいてわ子にしたがは - Oite wa ko ni shitagaba - Follow your children when you get old
九郎義經 Kuro Yoshitsune
ほねおりそんのくたびれもうけ - Honeori son no kutabire moke - ca. Great pains but all in vain
For technical freasons alternative kanas are transcribed into their modern forms
With regards,
I.Nagy
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