Japanese election banner

[António Fragoeiro]

Hi

I also won this election banner, from the Nakadori womans association.
In salty condition but i like it a lot.
Any opinions are welcome.

Cheers
Nuno

[haru]

Right:
"To answer to and serve His Imperial Majesty"
"Give this vote"
Left:
"The pure election must come from the home"　
Extreme left is probably the name, can someone else figure out that says?

[Alan M]

I like this banner a lot Nuno , and especially it's construction . Is this going into your museum ?

[António Fragoeiro]

I like this banner a lot Nuno , and especially it's construction . Is this going into your museum ?

Hi Alan
Im more and more into Japanese stuff, all very traditional and great to look at.
It will be one of the pieces on display at the 2014 show.

[ghp95134]

Extreme left is probably the name, can someone else figure out that says?

Haru-san,

Far left is the name of a women's organization. I can't clearly make out the first two kanji, but they look something like chuu-choku [edit: or chuu-sugu?]; then followed by Fujin-Kai

中直婦人会

--Guy

[edit: 直 can also be pronounced "sugu" as in 直刃, suguha [straight temper on a sword]. I'm not even certain I'm identifying the first two kanji correctly.]

[haru]

I don't think that second one is 直...

[ghp95134]

Hello Haru san,

Hmmmmm, I was thinking of 眞 which is the older version of 真 ... but that does not explain the "bo" down the center.

How about Nakadori????

中通り婦人会

Nakadori Wives Association

--Guy

Edit: I see the small り "ri" in the banner, just under 通

[António Fragoeiro]

Hello Haru san,

Hmmmmm, I was thinking of 眞 which is the older version of 真 ... but that does not explain the "bo" down the center.

How about Nakadori????

中通り婦人会

Nakadori Wives Association

--Guy

Edit: I see the small り "ri" in the banner, just under 通

Hi, now im getting curious.
Wives association or Women`s association?

[ghp95134]

[Egg on face] My error: Nakadori Women's Association

[/Egg on face]

Arrrgggggg!
--Guy

[ghp95134]

Fujin can mean wife or adult woman........ There are very many homophones in Japanese, which compounds the difficulty factor in learning it. For example:

fujin 婦人= adult woman
fujin 夫人= wife
fujin 布陣 = battle formation
fujin 不仁 = heartlessness (仁 = compassion, 不= negation of)
fujin 不尽 = "I'll write again" in the closing of a letter

--Guy