If it makes you feel better, the vast majority of modern day Japanese speakers cannot read this either. It is cursive script, and only specialized academics/pe

If it makes you feel better, the vast majority of modern day Japanese speakers cannot read this either. It is cursive script, and only specialized academics/people with extensive training in calligraphy/etc. would know how to read it. Interestingly enough this is an area where machine learning has been extremely effective: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.09433 https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.09433