Book Help

[rra227]

Can anyone tell me the title and what the other pages mean? Thanks,Rich A. in Pa.

[ghp95134]

聖戦美術
Art of the Holy War

興亜雄
心＊雲間
Asia Development Man [?????]
Spirit/heart * Interval

I can't read most of it, and I may have got "戦" wrong -- let's leave that to Nick. However, this particular calligraphy is by Araki Sadao. I'm familiar with his signature because he gave a calligraphy to my teacher and I had a copy of it carved into a wooden brush pot for Nakamura sensei.

Different calligrapher:
文武＊＊
興亜之大業
Something about the [combination?] of literature and war is the great work for Asian development. There is a typical martial arts saying that is very similar to the given calligraphy: 文武両道 "Bun-Bu Ryo Do" [Literature and martial arts are both the same path." i.e., be accomplished in both literature and war.]


--Guy

[rra227]

Thanks for the help. The other book I have is all war related art. It has a piece of paper inside with the title translated. Rich A. in Pa.

[ghp95134]

Here's that brush pot with Araki's calligraphy I mentioned:


1994. Nakamura Sensei shows a gift from Power Sensei. The calligraphy-brush holder is engraved by an artisan with Araki Sadao Sensei's calligraphy "Shin Ken Hyaku Ja Futsu".

Araki's original calligraphy:


神剣拂百邪
The Sword of God Sweeps Away 100 [i.e. All] Evil

If I understand my wife correctly, the saying is written in Chinese poetry fashion: Shinken Jya Hyaku Futusu
but read in Japanese by inverting grammar while still maintaining the same kanji order: Shinken Hyaku Jya Futsu. My wife had to study Chinese poetry in school and explained it to me that way ... if I got that correctly .... but it's all Greek to me!


--Guy

[rra227]

Nice and thanks! Rich A. in Pa.

[rra227]

Here is my other book. The paper said it was printed in 1940. Rich A. in Pa.

[ghp95134]

Here is my other book. The paper said it was printed in 1940. Rich A. in Pa.

I'm modernizing some of the kanji, so they won't all look the same.

支那事変記念写真帳
Shina jihen kinen shashin-chō
China Incident Souvenir Photo Album


海軍省
Kaigun-shō
Navy Ministry



国威宣場
Koku-i Sen'yō
to raise the national prestige―enhance the glory of the nation
I cannot read the calligrapher's name

--Guy

[rra227]

Thanks! Rich A. in Pa.