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Subject:Translation
Posted By: David Wallis Wed, Jul 15, 2015 IP: 85.210.197.216
Can anyone please shed light on the translation of these Japanese markings on this vase?



Subject:Re: Translation
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Jul 16, 2015
The name is Morimitsu (盛光), an artist who was subject of another discussion in the forum a couple of years ago.

Best regards,

Bill H.

URL Title :Morimitsu


Subject:Re: Translation
Posted By: Dave Wallis Sat, Jul 18, 2015
Cheers for the help Bill!

Subject:Re: Translation
Posted By: David Wallis Sun, Jul 19, 2015
Can anyone identify the middle of the three kanji in this name?? Thanks.

Subject:Re: Translation
Posted By: rat Mon, Jul 20, 2015
there are only two characters in the name, please reread Bill H's post.

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Subject:Re: Translation
Posted By: Bill H Mon, Jul 20, 2015
There are only two characters in 'Morimitsu', the second one being 'mitsu', as pronounced here. Following are the other permutations of that character from the WWWJDIC:

光 (ひかり) (n) light; (P); ED; Name(s): (ひかる) (f,s) Hikaru (あきら) (f) Akira (こう) (f) Kou (みつ) (f) Mitsu (ひかり) (p,s,f) Hikari (てる) (g) Teru (ひろし) (g) Hiroshi (みつる) (f) Mitsuru (あかり) (f) Akari (あき) (f) Aki (かいぜちゅう) (u) Kaizechuu (きらら) (f) Kirara (こうか) (f) Kouka (こうくん) (u) Koukun (こうさき) (s) Kousaki (こうざき) (s) Kouzaki (こうしょう) (u) Koushou (こうじ) (u) Kouji (こうそう) (u) Kousou (さかえ) (f) Sakae (てかり) (f) Tekari (ひかりざき) (s) Hikarizaki (みつざき) (s) Mitsuzaki (みつし) (u) Mitsushi (みつじ) (u) Mitsuji (みつつぐ) (u) Mitsutsugu (みつむね) (u) Mitsumune (るか) (f) Ruka (れい)

Best regards,

Bill H.

Subject:Re: Translation
Posted By: David Wallis Sat, Jul 25, 2015
I'm asking these questions as I have a bronze vase with two kanji; the upper one translates as 'Masa' but the lower one is the same as the upper part of the second kanji on this vase: I'm a little confused, so please excuse my ignorance! Many thanks for your replies so far!
Cheers, David

Subject:Re: Translation
Posted By: Rat Sun, Jul 26, 2015
Maybe post a photo of that vessel and its mark, because the top half of the second character here never stands on its own; it must be something different from the top of the character here.

Subject:Re: Translation
Posted By: David Wallis Tue, Jul 28, 2015
Here's a photo of my vases' signature



Subject:Re: Translation
Posted By: rat Wed, Jul 29, 2015
Ha, I shouldn't have asked! You are right, this looks exactly like the top of the 光 character at first glance, but it's a Japanese stylization of another character, perhaps 上 or somehow relating to 工 or 也 (though your character is not 也). But I know little of Japanese character variants; try reposting as "signature on Japanese bronze" to see if one of the Japan experts recognizes it.

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