WW2 Sake Cup
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joadbres
八方凡人
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All of the writing is read from right to left.
The three phrases appearing on the cup are:
海軍
kaigun
navy
昭和拾九年
Showa juukyu nen
the year Showa 19 (i.e., 1944)
神風特別攻撃隊
Shinpuu Tokubetsu Kougekitai
"Divine Wind" Special Attack Unit
The characters 神風 can also be read as Kamikaze.
The three phrases appearing on the cup are:
海軍
kaigun
navy
昭和拾九年
Showa juukyu nen
the year Showa 19 (i.e., 1944)
神風特別攻撃隊
Shinpuu Tokubetsu Kougekitai
"Divine Wind" Special Attack Unit
The characters 神風 can also be read as Kamikaze.
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The fighter plane written in this cup is not a Japanese fighter plane.
The Japanese Navy's fixed undercarriage fighter is Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機).
But, this airplane has three propellers and no wires are wound on its wings.
The fighter of this picture is an American military aircraft.
Boeing P-26 Peashooter
The Japanese Navy's fixed undercarriage fighter is Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機).
But, this airplane has three propellers and no wires are wound on its wings.
The fighter of this picture is an American military aircraft.
Boeing P-26 Peashooter
Hmm, are you sure? --a variant was the A5M (or A5M4), which seems a lot like the sake cup drawing. It has a 3-bladed prop, and in outline it seems really close.
Also, I would give some 'artistic license' to the artist who painted the sake cup, They were not trying for an exact reproduction, but instead looking for it to convey feeling. (adding the wires from mid-wing to fuselage besides also getting the prop wrong)
