Can you read these Japanese characters for me?
August 11, 2021 1:05 PM Subscribe
Please help me read this Japanese phrase.
Response by poster: That's weird. It shows when I click on it. ??
posted by Joan Rivers of Babylon at 1:15 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by Joan Rivers of Babylon at 1:15 PM on August 11, 2021
Well, my limited ability at using Google Translate is saying: "Folding Fan Sutra". So...yeah, not sure I wrote them quite right...
posted by Fortran at 1:30 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by Fortran at 1:30 PM on August 11, 2021
The characters I read are 扇面古?経
(I can't read the fourth character) which is some kind of folding fan sutra as Fortran said.
posted by vacapinta at 1:32 PM on August 11, 2021
(I can't read the fourth character) which is some kind of folding fan sutra as Fortran said.
posted by vacapinta at 1:32 PM on August 11, 2021
My best guess for that mystery character is 冩, which I believe is an alternate for 写. 扇面古冩経 would be pronounced せんめんこしゃきょう (senmenkoshakyou). Here's the ja.wikipedia article on it. The first line of that article says that these are decorative mementos from Osaka's Shitennouji temple.
posted by adamrice at 1:54 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by adamrice at 1:54 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Ditto what @adamrice said.
My search turned up this book from 1935 from Japan, which matched his info, and I don't even speak Japanese! :D
posted by kschang at 8:58 PM on August 11, 2021
My search turned up this book from 1935 from Japan, which matched his info, and I don't even speak Japanese! :D
posted by kschang at 8:58 PM on August 11, 2021
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