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夜光秒時計一聖
It says it's a stop watch that glows in the night.
 
夜光秒時計一聖
It says it's a stop watch that glows in the night.

You need to look at the last kanji again.

Must be pretty old to use the pre-reform version of 号
 
Yes, it was used in the Japanese Imperial Army/Navy during WW2. The kanji next to 一 is 型, as Mike-san pointed out.

夜光秒時計一型
空 No七八九號

yakō byōdokei ichigata
Kū No.789

luminous dial chronograph type 1
aviation No.789
 
Man I really read that character too quickly. I was all like 一聖 made no sense to me but maybe it was because I didn't understand enough Japanese. Thanks for the correction.
 
Can anyone translate this Kanji ?
 

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That is 菩 (bo), the sort of tree Buddha is said to have been sitting under when he achieved enlightenment.
 
Hello, can someone please help me translate the posted image. I did the best I could to write down the characters, but it was difficult due to it being embossed on a piece of paper. I had a hard time with numbers 2,5 and 7 and couldn't make them out 100%. This would have been written in old kanji around ww2. Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you!
 

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No offense, but that's unintelligible. Could you just post a photo of the paper instead?
 
No offense, but that's unintelligible. Could you just post a photo of the paper instead?

My apologies, the camera didn't do too badly with the lettering. hopefully this is better.
 

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My apologies, the camera didn't do too badly with the lettering. hopefully this is better.

Yajima Studio
Tounei (district in China).

The embossing should be read from the other side.
 
Yajima Studio
Tounei (district in China).

The embossing should be read from the other side.

Thank you so much!!!! I really appreciate your help : ) that is a very interesting stamp, a Japanese photography studio operating in China during the second Japanese Sino war. Off to do more research : )
 
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Thank you so much!!!! I really appreciate your help : ) that is a very interesting stamp, a Japanese photography studio operating in China during the second Japanese Sino war. Off to do more research : )

Thought I would add the the whole back of it. I was told that it was street address and a phone number, but the person wasn't sure. Any thoughts?
 

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Tokyo Asahi Newspaper, Europe and America section and the address and phone number
 
Thank you very much, is it possible to get the address and phone number? You can pm me if you prefer : )

The address is almost certainly no longer valid and the phone number absolutely is not.
 
Yeah, that's right. Here's the translation, in case you want to know.
麻布区竹谷町七(電三田四六七六)
7 Takeya-Town, Azabu-Ward (Tel. Mita 4676)
(present 東京都港区南麻布一 or 三丁目 1 or 3 Minami-Azabu, Minato-Ward, Tokyo)
 

Yes, lol I'm aware that a lot has change after the war, I just wanted to compare the address written there to the old location of the asahi shimbun newspaper to see if they match up. Thank you both, I appreciate the time it took you to translate this for me : )
 
Hello. I have been trying to translate some Japanese writing with no luck then I found this site. Can somebody please help with what is written on the attached image. I think I have found maybe River, Enjoy and Rice Field but that maybe wrong.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you.
 


喜田川中

塩野入中

What are they inscribed on?
 
The last kanji might be 氏. It seems to be inscribed by the one who was not familiar with Chinese characters.

 
喜田川中

塩野入中

What are they inscribed on?
Thank you for your help. They are inscribed on a bronze temple bell. One on each edge. Using Google translate 喜田川中 seems to translate as 'Kida midstream' which I think is a river?
 
The last kanji might be 氏. It seems to be inscribed by the one who was not familiar with Chinese characters.


They are not very well inscribed. I think it is very old but I do not know what date. Thanks for your help.
 
I think probably Kitagawa is a name, and the 中 is probably 氏 (shi) as Toritoribe-san suggested.
氏 is kind of like Mister.

So, Kitagawa-shi would be Mr. Kitagawa.

And with that, you should be able to figure out the other one.
 
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