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Originally Posted by neophyte
All I can say is WOW! Is this way beyond my expectations!!
Thanks to all of you who have responded/contributed.
Please let me know if further images would help answer some of these cursive questions.
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If these glasses actually come from Japan, it is very difficult for me to believe that the kanji is
福 because it is not such a "popular" kanji among us at all. It is rarely the kanji we would select to write/carve/inscribe on products either for personal or public use. Many Japanese would even have a fairly negative image about the kanji for one of its meanings "monetary success". The Japanese would hide it if they had a desire to make much money. We would not "display" that sort of a desire. Among the Chinese, however, it is an extremely popular character. Go to any Chinese-owned restaurant and you will see it written someplace.
雅 is a popular kanji meaning "elegance" among the Japanese. It carries absolutely no negative meanings for the Japanese mind.
As to what the kanji in question looks like, all you could receive would be personal opinions. So, I decided to provide some fact-based information.