Help translating good luck flag
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祈武運長久 = Pray for Everlasting Luck in Battle.
Read right-to-left on your flag.
The flag is addressed to a seaman, Mr. Yamada Tokiyasu, and it looks like it was presented to him from his comrades in the same naval section. Assume the timing is sometime in the war years, however the flag itself is undated. The rest of the writing is signatures of the signers of the flag.
Read right-to-left on your flag.
The flag is addressed to a seaman, Mr. Yamada Tokiyasu, and it looks like it was presented to him from his comrades in the same naval section. Assume the timing is sometime in the war years, however the flag itself is undated. The rest of the writing is signatures of the signers of the flag.
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Thanks for the translation. I appreciate it
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I think the presenter 昭和三徴會 would refer to an association of conscripts in 1928.
There is a red round stamp of 熱田神宮 Atsuta Shrine on the upper right.
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There is a red round stamp of 熱田神宮 Atsuta Shrine on the upper right.
Atsuta Shrine - Wikipedia
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1928 is just the date when the presenter(s) was/were conscripted. This type of names were often used for veterans associations, so it wouldn't show the date when the flag was presented to 山田時保 Yamada Tokiyasu, I think.
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Here's a photo of the 昭和三徴會 (Shōwa Sanchōkai). No date on the photo. It is a commemorative photo on the deck of the ship Katsuriki. The group had completed their conscription time. Doesn't help with the date much (well, I guess it is pre-1944, as the Katsuriki was sunk in September of 1944). Unfortunately there are no names on the photo either.
Adding the photo here for educational purposes, which I hope won't be in violation of anything.
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Adding the photo here for educational purposes, which I hope won't be in violation of anything.
Japanese survey ship Katsuriki - Wikipedia
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Conscripts in the Imperial Navy were required to serve for 3 years, so the photo would be taken in around 1931. They were incorporated into the reserve duty for 4 years, and after that, into the duty after reserve duty for 5 years. So, my wild guess is that Yamada Tokiyasu was a member of Shōwa-san-chōkai, and the flag was presented from the association to him when he was conscripted again probably sometime between 1931 and 1940.
