Posted by Noel Chiappa (68.110.153.22) on September 17, 2004 at 19:34:17:
I'm having problems reading the series title of three Yoshitoshi prints,
which I believe (in light of the usual clues) to all be from the same series.
However.... if you look at the titles:
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/prints/out/YoshiTitle1.jpg
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/prints/out/YoshiTitle2.jpg
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/prints/out/YoshiTitle3.jpg
I reckon they all start with the 2-character "kokon" ("all times") and end
with the character "kagami" ("mirror").
However, the two charactes in the middle vary (I assume this is the usual
visual pun, with identical readings), and in any event I can't quite make
sense of what they would mean (and the overall title to boot). Using Nelson
numbers, the first one seems to have 2470/1140, the second 2097/1167 ("day
and night"), and the third 2470/1167 (!).
Undoubtedly I've made some simple blunder, but I can't work it out. Can
anyone help, and tell me what this series is? Thanks!
Noel