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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeaGoat, post: 4343879, member: 1136&quot;]Is there somewhere online that can help you learn to identify Chinese/Japanese signatures?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve tried looking at several places, like the link below, but its rare that I can even make out the same characters in the examples given. I guess its more familiarity with characters in varying handwritings, much like English, especially cursive..</p><p><a href="http://www.ukiyo-e.se/signatur.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ukiyo-e.se/signatur.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ukiyo-e.se/signatur.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The only reason I know one of these is *possibly* Japanese is because the god Daikokuten.</p><p>But then again, I dont know, it could be a Chinese artist creating a piece depicting Daikokuten </p><p><br /></p><p>The piece with Daikokuten is absent a chop (learned that word today <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />), what does that mean?</p><p>It&#039;s done in thread/silk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Google translator wouldn&#039;t pick up the signature, so I traced it, tried it again, and it came up with Hanaka in Japanese and Floral in Chinese.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359411[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359412[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359413[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did the same thing with the tiger scroll and came back with the number 5 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359415[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]359416[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359417[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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