Hinomaru Flag

[toitoine66]

My Hinomaru Flag Somebody had translated the sentences for me. Apparently somes writing are not used anymore now days. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hope you will enjoy 

[Fortunes Of War]

That's a really interesting flag, with many slogans.  "7 Lives to Serve the Country" was a popular World War Two slogan written on good luck flags.  It dates back to the old samurai days (Kamakura period) of Kusunoki Masashige, when his brother first uttered those words.  "Universal Brotherhood" is a slogan that undoubtedly refers back to the days when the Japanese sought to create the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere.  They saw that all of Asia could be united (against their will), under Japan's influence.  "A Useful Death" implied that the flag's recipient should make sure that if he died, it meant something and had impact for Japan's success in the field.  This same slogan is linked to the popular belief (and also another popular slogan) of "Yamato damashii".  This slogan for "Japanese fighting spirit", implied that the Japanese soldier, sailor or airman would always strive to exert the fullest amount of pressure and give his utmost for the cause, whatever it was.  Basically, Japanese leaders believed they would win in the field because their troops tried harder.  "Death and Life Are One [in the same thing]" comes from the Buddhist belief of death, birth and rebirth.  Buddhist belief holds that death leads to life, followed later by death, etc.  The cycle is endlessly repeated until the person achieves enlightenment.  "Loyalty [and Patriotism]" was another oft seen slogan, whether it was written by itself or paired with the second word.  It also appears that your flag has a presentation line in the upper right-hand corner.  

 

MikeB   

[toitoine66]

Thank you very mutch for all this détails this is very intersting. I didn't have translated every thing yet and somes signatures are difficult to read. 

thanks again for the meaning of the sentences.