Posted by Guy (91.176.26.205) on February 02, 2011 at 15:03:33:
In Reply to: Re: Yoshitoshi Students? - Toshishig posted by Andrew on January 29, 2011 at 08:43:13:
Additional thought: if the kanji 'shi'/'eda' - 枝 could be considered as a variant (without radical) of the character 支, possible translations are then: "support, aid, assistance".
Cfr. Koop & Inada, p.265 and 176.
Don't shoot me if I have it completely wrong.
Guy.