bldrhouse 後輩 Joined 16 Apr 2020 Messages 116 Reaction score 66 29 Oct 2023 #1 Does anyone recognize this alleged WWII urn as the real thing? I always read that ashes returned to Japan were in wooden boxes.... Thank you. ZK Attachments ija funeral urn.webp 42.5 KB · Views: 110
Does anyone recognize this alleged WWII urn as the real thing? I always read that ashes returned to Japan were in wooden boxes.... Thank you. ZK
Grandpa Frank Sempai Admin Twenty-year veteran Joined 21 May 2003 Messages 14,310 Reaction score 4,404 29 Oct 2023 #2
bldrhouse 後輩 Joined 16 Apr 2020 Messages 116 Reaction score 66 29 Oct 2023 Thread starter #3 Uncle Frank said: Nothing other than the pic of the kanji, which I cannot read anyway......... this is the info that seller has.... but I still don't know if this is real WWII or not since I cannot find anything on the web about this type of urn... Click to expand...
Uncle Frank said: Nothing other than the pic of the kanji, which I cannot read anyway......... this is the info that seller has.... but I still don't know if this is real WWII or not since I cannot find anything on the web about this type of urn... Click to expand...
Grandpa Frank Sempai Admin Twenty-year veteran Joined 21 May 2003 Messages 14,310 Reaction score 4,404 29 Oct 2023 #4 Hopefully you will eventually get a reply. I just tried to make it a bit easier to make out.
bldrhouse 後輩 Joined 16 Apr 2020 Messages 116 Reaction score 66 29 Oct 2023 Thread starter #5 Uncle Frank said: Hopefully you will eventually get a reply. I just tried to make it a bit easier to make out. Click to expand... ah, thank you. I have the info on a separate piece of paper from the war, but is the urn WWII issue?
Uncle Frank said: Hopefully you will eventually get a reply. I just tried to make it a bit easier to make out. Click to expand... ah, thank you. I have the info on a separate piece of paper from the war, but is the urn WWII issue?
Grandpa Frank Sempai Admin Twenty-year veteran Joined 21 May 2003 Messages 14,310 Reaction score 4,404 29 Oct 2023 #6 Hopefully one of our super helpful members or staff will spot it soon. They might sleep late on a Sunday morning , LOL.
Hopefully one of our super helpful members or staff will spot it soon. They might sleep late on a Sunday morning , LOL.
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 30 Oct 2023 #7 The date of the death is written on the urn. 昭和十八年五月二十九日没 Died on 29th May, 1943 I googled, and got results that there were cases where a ceramic urn was returned to the bereaved family.
The date of the death is written on the urn. 昭和十八年五月二十九日没 Died on 29th May, 1943 I googled, and got results that there were cases where a ceramic urn was returned to the bereaved family.
bldrhouse 後輩 Joined 16 Apr 2020 Messages 116 Reaction score 66 30 Oct 2023 Thread starter #8 Thank you again; your generous help always greatly appreciated! z