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Help for deciphering a cursive signature on a painting - EratiK - 2015-07-08 Hi, I know a guy who found a painting the other day and he would like to know what the signature means. Of course I have zero practice reading cursive, so if anyone could provide a little help that would be greatly appreciated. Here's the image: Thanks very much in advance. Help for deciphering a cursive signature on a painting - ashman63 - 2015-07-08 I'm sitting in a Japanese junior high school staffroom, and the best that the kokugo teacher and I could come up with - with little confidence - was: 己己初喜 己己 - means something like 'everyone' or 'you (PL)' 初喜 - begin happiness? lol The red stamp says 山東 (sandou) Help for deciphering a cursive signature on a painting - EratiK - 2015-07-09 Neat, that's probably it, thanks a bunch!