Ebay fake Yosegaki alert

[J7W22007]

Dear collectors,

Here is a fake Yosegaki example from Ebay that I would like to share.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-2-ORIGIN...21112281623%26

This example seems to be a Chinese fake by just looking at just one word.

It is circled in green.



东 （Dong） - Simplified Chinese character of East.

Compare to 東 (Higashi) - Traditional Chinese character and Kanji.

Some other writings are strange as well but, I don' t know how to explain in detail.

Few bidders had already fell into this trap, so please be careful when dealing

with Yosegaki flags.

Here is a site for Simplified Chinese characters for reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpli...ese_characters

Hope it helps.

Best regards,
Taka

[Paul G]

Thanks for the heads up Taka!

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[GHP]

Hmmmmmm .... I wonder ....

Taka,

Isn't that Sousou [草書] "grass" style writing of the character 東 "East"? At least that one character is. I've seen similar "breaking" written for 本 [hon/moto] before.


I think the flag could be Japanese -- look at the hiragana. I had a Chinese calligrapher write a Japanese martial arts certificate for me to use for my students, and he had a LOT of difficulty with the hiragana -- I could do hiragana better than he.

Anyway, I think there is a possibility this flag is at least done by (1) a Japanese, or (2) someone skilled in Japanese hiragana.

Needless to say his Chinese characters are very good.

Just my thought on the subject.

--Guy

P.S. For those who didn't know .... the Japanese syllabary "hiragana" derives from morphed Kanji. I found a chart that shows the morphing.

The top line represents "newsprint"; the second line is the "grass writing" ... all the way down to the bottom that are hiragana. The sounds, from right to left are: a, ku, su, na, no, ha [or the particle "wa"], fu, bo, re, wa:

[J7W22007]

Thank you for the information Guy-san.

It just made me wonder why the Japanese used that simplified Chinese character during that period.

I'm half Japanese/ Chinese (Hong Kong), so when I looked at the characters on the flag I didn't feel comfortable at all. (Thinking both Japanese and Chinese perspective)

It' s just something that i can' t explain in words. Sorry.

Plus I can see two different names that wrote by same person. (Left corner)

ありがとうございます！

Taka

[GHP]

...It' s just something that i can' t explain in words. Sorry.....

Hi Taka,

Sure! I understand: from a native-speaker prospective, sometimes something just looks "unnatural" that cannot be quantified. A "gut feeling" -- and we all have learned to listen to that feeling.

Thank you for all the help you give, and the learning I have received from you.

Cheers!
--Guy