Sake cup translation

[kwc271]

Hello everyone,
I have a couple of sake cups that I would like translated. Can anyone help?

[ghp95134]

Sure. Usually they will mention the regiment and sometimes the soldier’s name; whether it is a triumphal return, fulfillment of service obligation, etc.

—Guy

[kwc271]

Anyone here that might can translate? If you click on the pic it will give a clearer and larger view.
Thanks

[ghp95134]

Anyone here that might can translate? If you click on the pic it will give a clearer and larger view.
Thanks

I could not see the images on my iPhone. I see them now:

First Cup
支那事変記念
Shina Jihen Kinen
Commemoration of the China Incident

忠勇
ChuuYuu
Loyalty

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Second Cup:

満州派遣記念
Manshū Haken Kinen
Manchuria Deployment ["dispatch"] Commemoration

Poem:
國之為 Kuni no tame [for the sake of the country]
＊ゲし命 ~geshi inochi [.....one's life]
＊＊ .......
＊らへそ.......


兵四六
46th Infantry Regiment

If Nick is bored he might give a better reading of the poem ... but a translation is not really a value-adder.


--Guy

[Nick Komiya]

"Spared was my life dedicated to the nation" is what the poem says. The interesting thing is that the helmet worn by the soldier is the 1922 Type, not the Type 90. Troops sent from Japan wore the Type 90 but those already in China wore the cherry blossom helmets during the Manchurian Incident.

[kwc271]

Wow! Very cool and interesting, thank you all so much!
Kevin

[Nick Komiya]

Here's your cup with soldier shown in a sales catalog from that time

[Nick Komiya]

Enlargement reveals that the basic design was also available with other words on it. This saying "Manchuria is ours to defend"

[Nick Komiya]

Each regiment would have a shop like this in front of the gate where you placed orders for these cups to take home as gifts upon your discharge.
Shown here is the shop in front of the 48th Inft. They also sold watches around the corner.

[kwc271]

That is so interesting, thank you so much for the information