Translator Reviews ( Japanese → English )
Rating: 60 / 0 Reviews / 28 Jun 2013 at 21:34
Japanese
1945年に海兵団(Kaiheidan)へ入隊する際に家族や親類、地元の名士によって作成された寄せ書きの旗です。
だるまの絵や風水画などがみごとに描かれています。78年間大切に保管されてきた品です。
日本の博多地方に伝わる「にわかの面(Hakata Niwaka Mask)」が書かれた旗です。さらに零戦の飛行機やサングラスの人物など、めったに見ることのない構成です。
English
This is a flag with messages and signatures written by families, relatives and local well known people, given at the time of joining Kaiheidan in 1945.
Pictures of Daruma and geomancy are wonderfully drawn, and it has been treasured for 78 years.
The flag has a drawing of Hakata Niwaka Mask which is a tradition in Hakata, Japan. Moreover, it also has a very rare format of a Zero and man with sunglasses on.