I have a painting and it's either Japanese or Chinese??? I need to know what it means, Please!

Question

I can send a pic, just need to know what it means before I hang it up. Thanks!

Answer 1

I don't really understand your question.

Answer 2

I have some experience working with historical chinese and japanese woodcuts so if you want to email it to me, please send me a message from  my profile. I dont want to put my email addy out everywhere so spammers can get me :)

Answer 3

I don't understand what you mean "I don't know what a painting means."

Is it calligraphy?  If it is, sometimes it's very hard to decipher the writing.

Answer 4

you shouldn't be worried about it a lot.

Since Japanese comes from Chinese both are read the same by both cultures somewhat, and usually have a similar meaning.

like I have a necklace that is chinese for 'friendship' and it means 'friend' in japanese.

If you look up chinese characters and japanese characters there are distinct differences in the style and detail. that should help you out with it a bit more.