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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;UncleChuckTX, post: 26660, member: 154&quot;]This is a friend&#039;s silk painting.&nbsp; I was hoping to help him find out some info about it, and I&#039;ve found a few resources which are broken up into China / Japan, etc.&nbsp; We&#039;re stuck trying to figure out which language the signature is written in.&nbsp; Can anyone help?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, most of these type paintings seem to be vertical.&nbsp; Do horizontal paintings point to a certain region / timeframe?</p><p><br /></p><p>His grandfather was in the navy, and the family believes he brought it back from one of his Pacific deployments in the WWII / Korean War timeframe.&nbsp; They&#039;re guessing it was likely made for the tourist / servicemen souvenir trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m attaching the full-size pics via thumbnails, so you can see the detail.&nbsp; Each is less than 1MB in size, but I didn&#039;t want to clog up anyone&#039;s connection.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone can point me in the right direction, I&#039;d appreciate the advice.&nbsp; Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Full landscape:</p><p>[ATTACH]6649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Signature detail from bottom-left corner.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the red stamp at the bottom seems to have lost its detail over time:</p><p>[ATTACH]6650[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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