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Chinese Seal characters on Japanese tsuba

Posted By: Steve
Posted Date: Sep 10, 2013 (11:27 AM)

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These two seal characters appear on a Japanese tsuba and I am guessing they refer to the Dragon and the Ho-O bird (Phoenix) that also appear there, does anyone have a more definite idea of what they mean? Dragon is 'Long' and Phoenix is 'Feng' but those Chinese kanji bear no resemblance to those depicted here. The complication is that they may not be pure Chinese in meaning as they were rendered by a Japanese artist, in Japan, and Japanese usage of Chnese kanji may be somewhat colloquially skewed! Anyone know of a good book or online database where such characters may be identified? Many thanks to all for looking.
Steve





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