Posted by satosugar (121.87.195.64) on July 20, 2011 at 15:02:00:
In Reply to: Title Transcription \; Translation posted by Irwin on July 19, 2011 at 21:40:52:
hi.
The M, aka M is the name of a commander of Sino, who was a brave officer and have dead at the battle of Pyongyang of Sino Japan War.
I could not find any source in English on M while there are some information in Japanese on the Web.
Here is a JP site...
http://ww1.m78.com/sinojapanesewar/heijou%20battle.html
Another name to be read is 啣 (Oobuchi Wataru), who is the publisher of the print.
Have a good day~