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Hello! I am new to Renshuu but have been studying Japanese on and off for several years. I have this print i bought when i was in Nikko, Japan for vacation and I recognize some kanji and words on it, but am confused of the general meaning. Please forgive me if this wasnt the right place to post. Im not familiar yet with the forums. :)
This is fine. The part in the box obviously says Nikko 日光 or 日灮, but I’m having a hard time making out the rest. I ran it through Apple OCR and got the following:
人のsは → 人 の 一生 は
あと何を負て→ 重荷 を 負て
遠き道を → 遠き 道 を
行くがをし → 行く が 如し
急してからず→ 急ぐ べからず
家康亞 → 家康 乃
家康 is Ieyasu (Tokugawa)
I’m really not sure about 乃. Maybe it’s ゟ ( より ) or some combination of the two?
Since this is apparently a famous quote, I thought Apple translate might actually yield a decent translation. Boy was I wrong!
I did better with a straight up search: mnavi.net/famous-quote-by-tokugawa-ieyasu
There are translations of the full quote on Wikipedia’s Testament of Ieyasu article.
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