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Questions on an 1840's text: Battle at Yamaki Palace 治承四年八月中句右兵衞佐頼朝公

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How can 池仲 be read as 'ikenohata' in the seal 'Ō Ikenohata Jōkin', 大池仲上金? Doesn't 仲 = 'naka'; can it be 'hata'?

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Unknown kana in a late C19th address cartouche

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Cannot recognise the kanji in a cartouche 保里尾[ ][ ][ ]晴

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How do I make sense of the calligraphic characters for 六波羅坂東寺会戦?

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How to understand the last character 枚 in 福田熊治良枚

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征伐, せいばつ, seibatsu: a conquest or a 'righteous conquest'?

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How does ayakashi, あやかし = 妖 or 罔像?

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'to appear': arawareru, arawaruru, and arawaru

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The convention of including/omitting ‘no zu’ (之圖) in translations

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Transcribing iteration marks: kunojiten , くの字点

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‘Nanpū’ (難風), ‘Bōrei’ (亡霊) and other matters

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Use of '判宦' in 九郎判宦義経

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Questions on an 1840's text: Battle at Yamaki Palace 治承四年八月中句右兵衞佐頼朝公

How can 池仲 be read as 'ikenohata' in the seal 'Ō Ikenohata Jōkin', 大池仲上金? Doesn't 仲 = 'naka'; can it be 'hata'?

Unknown kana in a late C19th address cartouche

Cannot recognise the kanji in a cartouche 保里尾[ ][ ][ ]晴

How do I make sense of the calligraphic characters for 六波羅坂東寺会戦?

How to understand the last character 枚 in 福田熊治良枚

征伐, せいばつ, seibatsu: a conquest or a 'righteous conquest'?

How does ayakashi, あやかし = 妖 or 罔像?

'to appear': arawareru, arawaruru, and arawaru

The convention of including/omitting ‘no zu’ (之圖) in translations

Transcribing iteration marks: kunojiten , くの字点

‘Nanpū’ (難風), ‘Bōrei’ (亡霊) and other matters

Use of '判宦' in 九郎判宦義経