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I would really appreciate some help, I have this banner and using google translate, end up with the following;
Wish - Express good wishes or Pray

Ryosuke (Clear, Evident)
Takagi (高木)- Surname (Tall Tree) You
Time of Gift Valley – Totsuka Tanitotsuka (Yatozuka?)
Totsuka (戸塚)

Is this the correct translation?
Thank you in advance.

 

Mikawa Ossan

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Here's my attempt:

Congratulations, Master Takagi Ryousuke
Presented by Tokigaya Dodzuka

Note that 良祐 has other possible readings. That is the given name of the recipient of this banner. Takagi is his family name. I did family name first as that is customary in Japan.
時ヶ谷 is likely a location in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Yahoo!地図 - 航空写真・地図検索・郵便番号検索・乗換検索ならYahoo!地図 雨雲レーダー機能も搭載!

Yahoo!地図は日本最大級のポータルサイト「Yahoo! JAPAN」が提供する地図サービス。ルート検索・路線の乗り換えも。スマートフォン向けサイトや地図アプリもサクサクで便利。日本地図ならYahoo!地図で。

map.yahoo.co.jp

I'm not sure what 戸塚 refers to in this case, although it could be a family from that location.

 

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Thanks for the help!

 

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It's interesting that it's kun rather than san. I wonder why that is, and whether that's still military practice in Japan?

 

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Same reason why my boss used to call me "kun" when I worked at a hotel, I suppose. Also, the kids being shipped out for war probably weren't too old to begin with.

It's also a term of endearment. A bunch of my friends used to call each other "kun" well into ossan-hood.

 

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I would never work for a boss that kun'd me!

 

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"Kun" used to have a more respectful nuance than now. For example, kun is still used to address to other members in the Diet. It's used as a kind of honorific title in these examples.