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unknown numbered wooden equipment box of some kind.
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Let's wait for Taka-san on Sunday ..... he's on a business trip.
In the meantime, I THINK these are the kanji on the box:
匣坐托鏡眼
modern kanji would be:
函 [or 箱] 座托鏡眼
Individually, the kanji mean:
- 匣 【こう; はこ】 (n) box
- 坐 【ざ】 (n) stand
- 鏡 【かがみ】 (n) (1) mirror; looking-glass; (2) barrel head
- 眼 【まなこ; め】 (n) eye; eyeball
So it appears to be a box housing some sort of optics and platform. [?????]
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Originally posted by Papa Nambu View Post眼鏡托坐匣 Glasses ?? Box, right to left?
I read it from left to right since the number was going in that direction; did I err????
Going in your direction, from right to left .... it would say "Spectacles Receptacle Stand Box" .... That sounds better than what I came up with!!
--Guy
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Binoculars is 双眼鏡 Sougankyou 双 Sou (pair) 眼鏡 gankyou (Spectacles or glasses, which uses the kanji eye+mirror). Your box doesn't have the 双 Sou, so it's probably not for binoculars but probably is optics related.
Originally posted by GHP View PostPapa,
I read it from left to right since the number was going in that direction; did I err????
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After doing a little research, it seems that while modern Japanese uses the English word "scope" written in katakana as スコープ , 眼鏡"gankyou" used to be more common. For example a rifle scope was called 照準眼鏡 shoujun gankyou "sight glasses". That's how a modern dictionary would translate it anyway, I think in it's older use gankyou can be translated as "optic" and/or "lens".
Today 眼鏡 is most commonly "megane" eye glasses that you wear.
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I feel confident about it being wartime or earlier. As for what was in it, the description isn't descriptive enough. You'd have to find a picture of one with the contents still in it to figure out what it was.
Usually boxes like this with the dividers taken out are the result of G.I.s that just wanted a box to bring stuff home in.
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