Help With Japanese World War 2 Flag Souvenirs - Japan Reference
2015年4月12日 · Such flags are called Yosegaki Hinomaru (Good Luck Flag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia flags, or often "Prayer Flags" or "Good Luck" flags. During the second world war, it was common for family members, classmates, co-workers, etc. to write messages of good-luck and patriotic slogans on a flag and present it to a newly-enlisted soldier.
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2015年4月10日 · The rest of the flag has bits and scraps of phrases, as if someone were practicing writing on the flag. Usually you see names and phrases radiating out from the red disc. On this flag I can see two names (Yanase, Hattori) but on the whole, the flag and the writing looks similar to some of the fake flags we've seen lately.
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2020年1月19日 · The correct direction of the flag: View attachment 30806 The slogan at the top is indeed 必勝 "certain victory", but there's no signature around there. The recipient's name and main senders' names are written on the right side, next to the right end slogan 七生報国 "serving the country over seven lives/if he is reborn seven times, he will ...
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2012年2月24日 · The photo attached is of a small flag I found amongst his things. I know he served in Burma during World War 2, I believe as a driver in an infantry regiment but I'm really not sure. My Grandmother will say that she thinks he took the flag from a deceased Japanese soldier.
Looking for Help translating Japanese Battle Flag from WW2
2024年9月11日 · Good afternoon, I am looking to find more information on a Japanese Battle flag brought back to the USA in WW2. Could be from Korea or Okinawa possibly. I have been trying to translate the flag to learn more about its history and where it may have come from. Any help is …
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2021年7月15日 · Judging from the condition it's possible that it's from the postwar era. The flag is mostly katakana, probably occupying service member names? I agree it looks like a souvenir. Hoskin (ホスキン) is the name in the center of the flag. Looks like Tokyo (東京) on the left, and it says ジャパン, Japan in katakana at the bottom.
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2023年9月30日 · So even the term "WW2" doesn't quite register with most Japanese in the way it does with Americans. The Japanese use a variety of terms; Great Pacific War, East Asian War, being the most common. Its not too common to find specific anti US/British slogans on …
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2015年6月27日 · 1. the tip of the flag. (where the hinges are sewed with harden material to hang the flag ) 2. The writing style. 3. Too clean (this may be a late war flag or repo flag) (Which means the flag did not went for war, thus it kept in the closet until the grandsons found it and sold it) or a repo (done recently). refer to No1. 4.
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2016年3月13日 · I merged your two threads since you are asking about the same flag. There are plenty of names and typical patriotic slogans written on it. You can see those slogans in the following thread. Help With Japanese World War 2 Flag Souvenirs | Japan Forum The recipient's given name seems to be 瑛新 "Eishin", but his full name isn't written on the flag.
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2021年12月17日 · I've collected WW2 Militaria for well over 50 years , mostly German & Japanese . I have 5 or 6 Japanese Flags in the collection and always respected what they represented and how each "told" a different story. Years ago we never worried about fakes but , that's certainly changed today.