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17th October 2017, 10:58 AM | #1 | |
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17th October 2017, 03:02 PM | #2 | |
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I am a subscriber to Sir Isaiah Berlin’s fox and hedgehog theory. |
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17th October 2017, 04:08 PM | #3 |
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I asked a friend for a translation of the mei/signature.
The mei reads "Katsukuni" (Darani school), a Shinto smith who lived in Kaga (Ishikawa Prefecture). Thus dating from the period 1600-1764. |
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The characters of the signature are quite crude and I suspect it is a gimei. |
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19th October 2017, 05:34 AM | #5 | |
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thank you for the translation of the signature |
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