I have a tsuba from the Edo period supposedly. I was wondering if you know anyone who can translate this writing?
its on picture 1
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i think it says small mans glory hole
Chances are they got a japenese person in there.They got koreans,japs,indians everybody working in these chinese stores.haha! good stuff
What good would a chinese person do? I was told at the antique show this weekend in portland that is not a replica the gold and silver is too high quality.
They could not translate though so I am not saying they couldn't be wrong but that would be very sup[rising to find out they were wrong it was the peeps from antique roadshow... they said to produce this today would cost 4000-5000$ so being a replica is pretty much not likely
go to las vegas and pay pawn stars a visit. lol. I'm not really familar w/anyone who can translate japanese but I think you shouldnt have too hard a time. I'd google it and see if someone online has a shop or something that can translate it. how old is that item and what exactly is it? im very curious..
cool, did they give you any sort of estimated value? it could be worth alot.
thats awesome, make sure you let us know man. I'd get more than 1 opinion though. where did you come across it? i bet its got one hell of a story behind it.
I'd go try some hardcore Japanese Anime forum. Lots of those guys speak Japanese.
they are not as common as you'd think.lol, I visit one if the biggest sites out there for manga that i like to read, it takes 5 days from the time its released in japan till they have the translated version up. It also depends on what alphabet your looking at , japan has more than one. im guessing since that things so old the writing style/alphabet differ somewhat and make it even harder to translate, I could be wrong though, its worth a shot. www.onemanga.com they are real dicks when it comes to the rules so make sure you put it in the right forum and thread.
since when do chinese speak japanese????take it to a chinese store.