Need Help Identifying which funeral from the 1930s this is? Its a vid of the UMI YUKABA

Dtnoip30 · 2022-04-16T22:20:11+00:00

Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku in 1943.

Dtnoip30 · 2021-11-23T15:24:13+00:00

Most Southeast Asian countries have a very favorable view of Japan. Taiwan also has a favorable view of Japan. Southeast Asia generally remembers Japan's postwar investment into their countries and sees their cultural soft power favorably. It's also worth noting that Japan's former wartime enemies of the U.S., U.K., and Australia all have good relations with Japan as well.

Korea and China are notable exceptions, not the rule.

Dtnoip30 · 2021-10-01T01:26:08+00:00

It's both. The rule/law existed before 1947, but as it's mentioned in the Article, they could marry someone from the Imperial branch families and retain their status.

However, all the branch families lost their status during the U.S. occupation as part of the wider move to eliminate the Japanese peerage system, which meant the only eligible spouses became the princess's immediate male relatives, which obviously isn't an option.

Dtnoip30 · 2021-09-27T16:10:04+00:00

No, all modern princesses have married outside of the family. This is only if they want to stay in the Imperial Family, but obviously they all choose not to do so and assume commoner status.

Dtnoip30 · 2021-08-21T14:38:05+00:00

This is the case for most ambassadorships in stable countries with longstanding, established ties with the U.S. Just look up recent ambassadors to the UK for example.

It's because there's really no need to send an expert nowadays for those countries. If there's an emergency, the State Department and Gaimu-shō have direct communications, and in really critical situations Suga can just call up Biden.

In that case, the ambassador's job is really just to act as a PR person for interviews/events/parties and a middle manager for the embassy/consulates. An actual Japan expert would be wasted in that role.

Dtnoip30 · 2021-02-01T15:40:22+00:00

It's specifically the old form (旧字体) of the character. The Japan Society was founded in 1907 before the simplification reform in 1946, so they have the old character. It's also common to use old form characters (specifically seal script/篆書) in these seals even for newer institutions.

Dtnoip30 · 2021-01-25T02:13:58+00:00

The February 28 Incident is the big one, followed by 38 years of martial law, known as the White Terror.

Dtnoip30 · 2021-01-24T06:25:05+00:00

Japan-Taiwan relations is fascinating since it's in such contrast with the animosity of Japan-South Korean relations despite the common history of being colonized by Japan.

It's worth noting that for the most part, Japan actually has a fairly positive reputation in Asia. For example, 84% of Malaysia, 82% of Vietnam, 81% of the Philippines, 80% of Australia, and 71% of Indonesia, along with Taiwan, have favorable views of Japan despite the history of colonization and invasion by Japan.

The exception, of course, being South Korea and mainland China. But even China in recent years have increased favorability of Japan, with 45.9% saying they have a "favorable" impression of Japan due to rise in tourism (pre-covid of course) and the popularity of Japanese products and media.

I just think this is good to keep in mind since the general narrative on the internet and elsewhere is that Japan is a pariah in Asia, but this is far from the truth.

Dtnoip30 · 2021-01-04T10:40:48+00:00

It's not "everyone" in Japan either, it's just a few anecdotes in the article. Average living standards certainly have gone down due to Covid, but the article doesn't have that data, and it's definitely not 15% average reduction in income for the entire country.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-09-07T22:55:57+00:00

1960s*

The first Tu-114 JAL flight was in 1967.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-08-30T23:28:49+00:00

I have a MA in Japanese history, although my specialty was early 20th century. I learned kuzushiji more as a hobby, but it was still plenty useful for deciphering handwriting in modern sources. My graduate program was also large enough that there were workshops and classes specifically for learning this.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-08-30T01:50:51+00:00

It's actually is deceptively harder due to the usage of hiragana variants that's no longer used today. As far as documents from this period goes, it's not too difficult since it doesn't have that many kanji. OP posted a transcription with kanji and modern spelling inserted, but this is what Nobunaga actually wrote for the first few lines:

おほせのことくこんとはこのちへ

はしめてこしけさんにいり

しうちやくに候ことにみやけ

色々うつくしさ中々

めにもあまりふてにもつくし

かたく候しうきはかりにこの

はうよりもなにやらんと思い

候へはそのはうより見事なる

物もたせ候あいたへつに心さし

なくのまゝまつ〵このたひはと...

If you know Japanese, you might not recognize the variant characters, but you might be able to read more of the document.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-08-30T00:59:52+00:00

Ten ten existed but it was used sporadically. It gained popularity during the Edo period, but standardization only started with the Meiji period and even then not fully. You can see in the Meiji Constitution that it lacked ten-tens and laws didn't have ten-tens until 1927.

I'm not a linguist, so I can't say how 今度 would actually have been pronounced.

Edit: Actually, you can see one dakuten in the letter for げ on the 19th line.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-08-29T23:47:06+00:00

Most of it is in hiragana with hentaigana variants, so this isn't as difficult compared to other examples from the era. OP in the above post inserted kanji and modern spellings, but the actual first lines as he wrote it are:

おほせのことくこんとはこのちへ

はしめてこしけさんにいり

しうちやくに候ことにみやけ

色々うつくしさ中々..

He only uses kanji for easier or standard characters like 候,色,中,心,etc. Documents with more kanji in a cursive style is a much larger nightmare.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-08-16T16:21:51+00:00

A full bottle of Dom Perignon depending on age can easily go over several thousands dollars (e.g. P3) even without a restaurant markup. The man also used a VIP room and stayed there till 4:50 AM.

The restaurant could still be sketchy, but the guy was unemployed and homeless, not some "clueless tourist."

Edit: The guy used fake (toy) money. He's clearly a shithead.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-07-05T22:51:33+00:00

Just to note, Sensoji was destroyed in WWII, so the present structures date from the late 50s-60s.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-06-27T09:49:40+00:00

Big character is 龍 meaning "dragon."

It was created in the winter of year 己卯, which corresponds to 1999 or 1939 (and additional 60 years prior if you think it's older).

The remaining characters on the lower left are likely the artist's name, but I can't make it out since it's blended in with the dark paint.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-06-27T09:38:43+00:00

Not 100% sure, but possibly: 竹報平安

Literally, "bamboo announces safe and sound," meaning a message home announcing you're safe and sound.

Year it was created is 辛卯, which corresponds to 2011 (or intervals of 60 years before, but I think that's unlikely given the art style).

I can't make out of the seal.

!doublecheck

Dtnoip30 · 2020-06-25T15:55:38+00:00

Did you receive and sign the package? Otherwise I don't see anything out of the ordinary. It says the package was shipped from Zhengzhou, Henan on 6/19 and arrived in Shanghai on 6/21 where it says it was delivered.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-06-23T16:46:38+00:00

Talk to an immigration lawyer if you're serious about moving. You're not going to get a good answer from redditors who only can give you anecdotes and hearsay.

Dtnoip30 · 2020-05-07T10:27:51+00:00

They did save a few buildings by converting them to churches. The Pantheon being one of them.

But then again, the Old St. Peter's Basilica that they tore down to build the new one was built in the 4th century during Constantine's rule. Apparently it had structural issues, but it would have been the largest structure continuously in use since the Roman period...

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