Japanese tiki? Korean tiki! Is it really tiki? - General Tiki

S sushiman Member Kumamoto , Japan Joined: Jun 28, 2007 Posts: 313	S sushiman Posted posted on Mon, Apr 28, 2008 8:25 PM On 2008-04-28 17:23, lynxwiler wrote: I have no idea what these fellows are saying or where they came from. Yet they are totem-like and could possibly be considered "Tiki" (if not tiki-ish) albeit in a Japanese style. I wanted to find out what the Tiki Central crew thought of them. Do they push the boundaries of tiki too far? Anyone have a translation for these Japanese characters? On flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/ Definitely Japanese or Chinese - they use the same characters . TEN KA TAI SHO GUN ( male ) CHI KA JO SHO GUN ( female ) in the pair photo . Next is another woman so kanji means the same as in top pic . Roughly means PUBLIC GENERAL/COMMANDER ( man ) and UNDERGROUND GENERAL/COMMANDER ( woman ) .@ Third , fourth and fifth of a man . [ Edited by: sushiman 2008-04-28 20:29 ] [ Edited by: sushiman 2008-04-28 20:29 ] [ Edited by: sushiman 2008-04-28 20:31 ]

On 2008-04-28 17:23, lynxwiler wrote:
I have no idea what these fellows are saying or where they came from. Yet they are totem-like and could possibly be considered "Tiki" (if not tiki-ish) albeit in a Japanese style.

I wanted to find out what the Tiki Central crew thought of them. Do they push the boundaries of tiki too far? Anyone have a translation for these Japanese characters?

On flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/

Definitely Japanese or Chinese - they use the same characters . TEN KA TAI SHO GUN ( male ) CHI KA JO SHO GUN ( female ) in the pair photo . Next is another woman so kanji means the same as in top pic .

Roughly means PUBLIC GENERAL/COMMANDER ( man ) and UNDERGROUND GENERAL/COMMANDER ( woman ) .@

Third , fourth and fifth of a man .

[ Edited by: sushiman 2008-04-28 20:29 ]

[ Edited by: sushiman 2008-04-28 20:31 ]

Post #376854 by sushiman on Mon, Apr 28, 2008 8:25 PM