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Subject:Re: Help reading these asian charcters and what this object is
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Readings,
乄池田 - Shime Ikeda
乄綿本 - Shime Watamoto
乄小 - Shime Ko
The 乄 (shime) is an auxiliary character (補助漢字)with the meaning something like "close/closing". In case of foods eg. edible kelp or sushi refers to something that's pickled (昆布乄、乄鯖).
Therefore, in my opinion this wooden object could have been a part of some picling device for edible kelp (konbu)
The inscription possibly were the brand names of konbus - if I am right.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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