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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
That's Chinese. But the first character appears to be 花 to me.
花(something with 它)前(something with 子)
＿＿＿＿他硯＿
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nah, the beginning is 花籠 means flower basket. I will work on that it's challanging, i ll possibly write it by hand because i dont have the Chinese font on this pc. It is also not 前 in my opinion, as right hand side of the 月 is not written that way in 草書 . Last ４ are 梨地硯箱. It would mean that this may be a case for 硯 すずり, a stone for making ink for calligraphy. 梨地 なしじ is a lacquering technique used for covering objects with silver / golden powder or flakes.
花籠 at the begining may be a name (4 kanji total) and smaller characters, besides flower basket has nothing to do with 硯.