Posted by Guy (178.119.21.134) on August 04, 2011 at 22:27:08:
In Reply to: Re: Strange Yoshitoshi posted by Noel Chiappa on August 04, 2011 at 18:07:57:
Noel,
In my opinion the correct partial reading of the title is "Kōkoku rekidai kinō". An alternative character for 'reki' 歴 is 厯.
'Kōkoku' means Japan, the Japanese Empire; 'rekidai' successive generations and 'kinō' imperialism, loyalism.
Remains the last kanji...
Guy