Japanese "going to war" luck banner with translation
Article about: I purchased this large banner off ebay and it came with the following information that I hope can be confirmed here and possibly added to. Is it unusual to have the rising sun flag by itself
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A correction on the units: Right side states - 16th Division. Left side states - 38th Infantry Regiment (so a pre 1941 banner). Very unusual, I don't think I have seen such a banner with so much unit information before.
Tom
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As Tom had already pointed out, the translation you have is faulty. As a matter of fact, it hardly got anything right.
First of all, it is not a going to war banner, but the opposite, a banner celebrating a victorious return. The blue character on top says nothing like "wish", but together with the two black characters, it says "Celebrating a Victorious Return".
The name of the soldier coming home is also wrong. He was Shoichi Tanimura.
Tom pointed out it was a pre 1941 banner because the 38th Rgt. transferred to the 29th Div. from the 16th at that point.
As a matter of fact, this banner would be from early as 1933, when the regiment made a victorious return from the Manchurian Incident. The soldier must have been happily discharged upon the unit's return. See post 7 of this thread that shows the same words celebrating a unit's return from WW1 The Evolution of IJA Flight Uniforms (1910-1945)
Those welcoming him home are somewhat obscured in the photo, but "inside the river" is a place name read Kawachi referring to a region east of Osaka. And those welcoming him home seem to be residents around the Teranishi Lumber District.
These are not military, but civilian items, so you could have any design you want. In this case, the Rising Sun alone was more suggestive of a victory, as it symbolizes the Regimental banner fluttering over the high walls of fortress cities in China.
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Thank you so much Nick. It makes this banner even the more interesting. Kind of like the welcome home banners for returning US forces.
Very cool to have so many details of this man's service.
Joe
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