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    Just got these in the post today

    Wha do you think? .I find these interesting and make you realise the Japanese soldier missed home comforts like everyone else .They display well and they are cheap to buy

    #3
    御国ヲまもる
    兵隊さん
    御国ノシャウリ
    ヲマモリ
    マス


    Mikuni wo mamoru
    Heitai-san
    Mikuni no shau-ri
    wo mamori
    masu

    Protect(ing) the (honored) country [Japan]
    Mr. Soldier
    The Country's victory
    to be protected

    I'm no poet, nor am I a translator; but, maybe something like this??
    Soldiers protecting the Country, "Guard our Nation's Victory!"


    Substituting kanji instead of katakana:
    御国を守る
    兵隊さん
    御国の勝利
    を守ります

    I'm guessing the pronunciation of 勝利 [today: しょうりshō-ri] was at that time written シャウリ [shau-ri].

    The other images are:
    慰問袋
    Imonbukuro
    Comfort Bag

    The sender's address in written:
    宮城県加美郡 Miyagi-Prefecture Kami-County
    中新田町 Nakanida Town
    I can't do the rest, and the name on the last line is elusive to me.

    - Guy

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      #4
      The final two lines (untranslated) are the name of a sewing school and the artist's name: Shimada Mitsuko, possibly. I translated this on my site, but deleted the info. Perhaps the OP still has that? I am a bit lazy to re-orient the photo to read it again... sorry lol...

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        #5
        FYI: The name is Shukutoku Watsu Sewing School. (淑徳和津裁縫学校)

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          #6
          Originally posted by imperialjapan View Post
          FYI: The name is Shukutoku Watsu Sewing School. (淑徳和津裁縫学校)
          Thanks Rich, I really had no desire to work out the kanji.

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            #7
            Guy, I understand that feeling... lol
            Knowing the school name is neither here nor there, I suppose, but knowing that the girl made it as a school project is somewhat interesting.

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              #8
              Thank you gentlemen your efforts are very much appreciated.You do a lot of good for this forum and I think we all appreciate that .

              Th Kanji is wonderful to my eyes .Yes I can't read but to me it is like a work of art .This girls Kanji is written beautifully.Nicest I have seen it truly is a work of art .I bought these as an interesting addition to my collection but when I saw the Kanji on the blue bag just thought it looked wonderful .I don't think anyone could ever call my hand writing a work of art more like chicken foot prints across a sheet of paper


              Graeme

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