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What does it say on the back of my painting?
September 14, 2008 12:56 PM   RSS feed for this thread Subscribe

Could you tell me what's written on the back of my painting? The canvas is stretched and stapled onto wood, and there are some characters on it which I can't read. It's partially pen and partially marker. pen marker whole back
posted by iconomy to media & arts (7 comments total)
I don't know anything about Asian languages... but these pictures look upside down to me. I can't tell you why, I just feel like they are. I hope someone is able to help you out.
posted by purpletangerine at 1:07 PM on September 14, 2008


yes, your photos are upside down.

Flipped 180", the top photo is a name: REJI-NA•KONORI-, Japanese katakana for "Regina Connelly"

the lower photo:
Industrial Crafts Public? Type? D Group
Number One: Ikeda Keisuke
posted by troy at 1:22 PM on September 14, 2008


yup, upside down japanese.
troy has given the translation: here it is typed out:

工業II(2)類D組
一番 池田圭介

レジーナ。コノリー
posted by monocot at 1:57 PM on September 14, 2008


Thanks! They looked upside-down to me as well, but what do I know? I shot them front top to bottom oriented the same way as the painting, figuring that was my safest bet.
posted by iconomy at 2:59 PM on September 14, 2008


So yeah, the public in my translation isn't public but "II" as in II-Type D-Group

(I was reading II as 立)
posted by troy at 5:27 PM on September 14, 2008


Thanks for the clarification, troy ;)
posted by iconomy at 8:19 PM on September 14, 2008


Why are the Japanese characters displaying for me as little boxes? How should I adjust the computer? I get real Japanese on other sites.
thanks.
posted by JimN2TAW at 8:53 PM on September 14, 2008


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