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There are a few characters handwritten in a miniature umbrella acquired in
Hakone mountain in the mid 60’s that I don't understand. Could you please help
me with those characters?

I’ve transliterated most of the writing and it is shown below the image of the
miniature umbrella. In the image, each line is sectioned in alphabetic order
and then shown in type where「・」indicates an unknown character.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QhS17.jpg)

The full resolution image can be viewed here
(<https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/127548755/20140627-133555-%5BFw%5D.jpg>)

（a）箱根山

（A）箱根の山は （B）天下の岐 （C）・谷間ヲ・ならず （D）万丈の山干・の谷 （E）前に・びえ （F）雲りえに友ら （G）雲は山・めぐり
（H）霧は谷そとざす （I）昼なそ暗さ （J）杉の並木 （K）着物の小径は （L）莟・らか （M）一天関に当るや （N）万天ヲ・くな・ （O）天下に・する
（P）剛毅のヲののふ （Q）大刀・に足・がけ （R）・・の岩根 （S）踏みならす （T）斯くこそありしか （U）往時のヲののふ

On the other hand, the umbrella’s package shown below has one unknown
character also indicated in the type by the symbol「・」。

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NrEBW.jpg)

（a）番傘

（b）天下の・

Dictionaries referenced.

The following dictionaries have handwritten capabilities, search by kanji
within words or by radicals.

  1. Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten DS (Nintendo DS, ジーニアス Jīniasu)
  2. Apple dictionary (OS X, Mavericks)
  3. <http://jisho.org/kanji/radicals/>
  4. <http://kotobank.jp/>
  5. <http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/sinograms.html?r>
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translation kanji handwriting
Few hard to recognize handwritten characters in miniature umbrella
This is a famous song 箱根八里【はこねはちり】 by Rentaro Taki. ([English
translation](http://goo.gl/hcYYTB))

<http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AE%B1%E6%A0%B9%E5%85%AB%E9%87%8C>

This song was written before 現代仮名遣い was introduced, and its original lyrics
are full of kanjis which even native Japanese (including myself) can't read
any more.

It seems your umbrella has simplified some of the kanjis, used hiragana, and
even introduced some easy kanjis, but basically this Wikipedia article will
help you understand.

  * B: 物ならず
  * F: 支う (not 友ら)
  * U: 往時の[もののふ](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/219956/m0u/)

And the bottommost character in the package is "険" in modern Japanese, and
means "steep (mountain)".

<http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/69030/m0u/%E5%B6%AE/>

This kanji is not exactly 「険」 nor 「嶮」, but such mixture can happen. (I really
don't know whether this kanji is correct or wrong.)
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Here's what I see:

（A）箱根の山は → OK  
（B）天下の岐 → 天下の ****  
（C）・谷間ヲ・ならず → [函谷]{かん・こく} **[関]{かん}も** ？ならず  
（D）万丈の山干・の谷 → 万丈の山干 **(looks like ⺅＋刃)** の谷  
（E）前に・びえ → 前に **そ** びえ  
（F）雲りえに友ら → しりえに友？ ？？？  
（G）雲は山・めぐり → 雲は山 **を** めぐり  
（H）霧は谷そとざす → OK  
（I）昼なそ暗さ → 昼な **を** 暗 **き**  
（J）杉の並木 → OK  
（K）着物の小径は → **[羊腸]{よう・ちょう}** の小径は  
（L）莟・らか → 莟 **[滑]{な}** らか  
（M）一天関に当るや → 一 **夫** 関に当るや  
（N）万天ヲ・くな・ → 万 **夫も開** くな **し**  
（O）天下に・する → 天下に **[旅]{たび}** する  
（P）剛毅のヲののふ → 剛毅の **も** ののふ  
（Q）大刀・に足・がけ → 大刀 **(looks like 月＋零)** に足 **？** がけ  
（R）・・の岩根 → **[八里]{はち・り？？？}** の岩根  
（S）踏みならす → OK  
（T）斯くこそありしか → OK  
（U）往時のヲののふ → 往時の **も** ののふ
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