Hachimaki......Authentic?
Article about: Hello everyone, Spotted this item in an antique store and am curious about its authenticity. It's a little out of my price range but interesting nonetheless (the seller acknowledges that the
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It's about as real as the tooth fairy and Santa Claus.
Postwar style characters written by a non-Japanese hand.
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It's bad... really, really bad...
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Thanks for the comments everyone. If it is still there when I go back I'll leave a sticky note on it saying it's fake, or at least speak to the manager. This forum and its members are a great source of information!
Tom
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What the rest says is....."My grave will be the ocean around Okinawa. When it's time for the final plunge, I will say my beloved and esteemed father. Okinawa is equally a part of Japan as the 5 islands." "I shall live for the sake of eternal justice. A death of victory. If you only wish, you shall see my face in your heart. I shall live for eternal justice. Victory, Victory, Victory for the sake of the nation." That is the complete translation.
I toned down the grammatical errors, but this man seriously wants to give us a geography lesson in his moment of life or death and seems to be confused whether to die a death of victory or to live for eternal justice. I guess he finally decided to live for eternal fraud.
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Double ouch that!
Thanks Nick.
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