Japanese POW artwork drawings
Article about: Hi All, I am helping out a small local museum with military related items that they aquire, (you wont believe what walks in the door) these two drawings were brought in recently by a G.I who
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First Set of Pictures
昭和二十一年十一月
Shōwa nijūichinen jūichigatsu
November 1946
清
Kiyoshi [male given name]
書
Kaku or shō
Written/drawn [by]
--Guy
P.S. This image is of a woman, I think dancing with wisteria branches.
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Second image
富士の白雪
Fuji no Shirayuki [or "Fuji no hakusetsu"]
White snows of [mt.] Fuji
朝日で溶ける
Asahi de tokeru
Melt in the morning sun
Poem:
"The white snows of Fuji / melt in the morning sun"
Annotation:
娘島田は ? で解ける
Musume Shimada wa [?] de tokeru
Shimada's daughter will [?] understand/explain
Sign on bridge: 日本橋
"Nihonbashi" [famous bridge in Tokyo]
昭和二十一年十一月於ケル
Shōwa nijūichinen jūichigatsu Okeru
At/In November 1946
清
Kiyoshi [male given name]
書
Kaku or shō
Written/drawn [by]
--Guy
EDIT: This image is of a samurai, I think -- note the sword. I've seen other prints where the male looks very feminine:
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Thank you very much guy, this information is great news!!! I asked taka to take a look also but you beat him to it!! I will pass this information on to the museum so they can be properly displayed and explained to those who visit.
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Taka-san or Nick can give a more accurate translation and correct any mistakes I've made.
--Guy
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Great Artwork. Just the way i like it.
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[QUOTE=ghp95134;1177207]
昭和二十一年十一月於ケル
Shōwa nijūichinen jūichigatsu Okeru
At/In November 1946
--Guy
Hi John-san, Guy-san,
Sorry, I just woke up and didn't respond until now.
Great translation work, Guy-san !
Here I can contribute one information, underneath the "okeru" wrote グアム (Guam).
Hope that solve part of your mystery.
Cheers!
Taka
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Taka-san,
Thanks, friend! By the way, what is the missing kanji here:
娘島田は ? で解ける
It begins with a "standing heart" radical: 忄
Thanks,
--Guy
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shindenkai
Here i can contribute one information, underneath the "okeru" wrote グアム (guam).
Hope that solve part of your mystery.
Maximus,
So that full line should be:
昭和二十一年十一月於グアム
November 1946 at Guam
Thanks, Taka-san! Now, have a well-deserved first cup of coffee! (^__^)
--Guy
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