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48marine
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 Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:29 am Post subject: Sake tray translation help |
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Hello: Can anyone translate this sake tray for me?
Thanks much in advance for any assistance!!!
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gwsiii
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject: sake tray |
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From Edokko:
| Quote: | The writings on the tray is a Waka poem written by a mid to late 18th
century literature scholar named Norinaga Moto-ori.
It reads in Japanese, "Shikishima no Yamato-gokoro wo hito towaba, asahi ni
niou yama-zakura bana".
A direct translation is "If one asks what the Yamato spirit of Shikishima
is, the reply is as the scent of wild cherry blossoms in the morning sun".
The meaning being that "A true Yamato (Japanese) spirit should always have
the honesty and gentleness that would straightforwardly enjoy the beauty of
a wild cherry blossom".
During the war, this interpretation was distorted to mean "A Japanese soul
should be such as to be ready to fall for the country as cherry blossoms
will fall" |
Our thanks to Edokko for the translation!
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48marine
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:11 am Post subject: Re Sake tray translation |
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A thousand thanks to edokko and qwsiii !!!! . I really appreciate your time and talent. May I trouble you with one more translation? The back of the sake tray has the inscription in the attached photo. Again thank you for the assistance.
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gwsiii
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject: back |
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got this from Gunnar on the back inscription:
| Quote: | | Seventy-ninth Infantry (Regiment), Korea |
Thanks Gunnar!
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48marine
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks gunnar and gwsiii !! |
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