Shussei Nobori - rectangular

[bestmsdt]

A friend of mine has this Shussei Nobori for sale. Rather than the usual vertically hanging shape, this one is a bit different and is rectangular. There is something about it I am not sure about. Looks like the family name of the recipient is Murata, and the donor also starts with Murata.
Cheers,
Tony

[Nick Komiya]

Presented by the Murata Family Friendship Association, nothing wrong about that, though not many families have fan clubs like that.

[bestmsdt]

Thanks Nick. Quite an intriguing association to have in the family!
Cheers,
Tony

[Nick Komiya]

It may have been that the Murata's were a landlord with many tenants, thus there could have been many wishing to stay on the good side of him, when Murata's son was drafted.

[bestmsdt]

A week last Sunday, saw my dealer friend for the first time in a while at a fair. He still had this Shussei nobori, and, realising that it was the last thing Nick helped me with, I bought it.
Having a further look at the kanji has me struggling (surprise, surprise!). Nick supplied the donor, the Murata Family Friendship Association. Murata Family I can get, 村田家, and association at the end (the obsolete form), 會. The 'friendship' bit I can't get. The characters look like 郁親, but I cannot find such a compound.
Can't manage the 4 character given name at all (well, apart from the third character 兵).
Cheers,
Tony

[ghp95134]

Hi Tony,

I cannot find a kanji-compound for 郁親 either; I suppose that it is an amalgam of two words? Perhaps flourish/cultural progress + get-together.

Not the same, but: konshinkai:
懇親会 【こんしんかい】 (n) social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting

I can get three of the four kanji for Tamura's given name:
〇治兵衛
〜jihei

Maybe
典治兵衛
Noriheiji


-- Guy

[bestmsdt]

Thanks Guy. Noriheiji seems a reasonable possibility - the writer's style is tough! Maybe as a name for their association it doesn't have to be a proper word, but, as you suggest, an amalgam of the 2 characters meanings.
Cheers,
Tony