Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Officer's Fore and Aft hat & epaulettes, named, need help with kanji..

[Jani Tiainen]

Dear Friends,

I recently acquired cased set of Imperial Japanese Navy Officer's parade hat & epaulettes. I have seen similar sets with similar maker's tag, but not named.

It will take a while before I actually get the case, so I have only these pictures.

It seems that this case has name / names written in Kanji (Someone has actually written two names with pencil on the case).

Sadao Chigusa

Sadao Nishimura

I checked the names and Kanji character's and it seems like the tag says:

西村 = Nishimura? But the two other Kanji charachters are not in my opinion for name Sadao?

I better stop speculation and ask for help

With best regards,

Jani

[JapanX]

Hi Jani,

西村 is indeed Nishimura.

定男 indeed can be read as Sadao

Guess the problem was - when you type Sadao into google translator you get 貞夫 instead of 定男

Regards,

Nick

P.S. Thanks for the help Jktu

Edited June 14, 2013 by JapanX

[Jani Tiainen]

Hi Jani,

西村 is indeed Nishimura.

定男 indeed can be read as Sadao

Guess the problem was that when you type Sadao into google translator you get 貞夫 instead of 定男

Regards,

Nick

Thanks,

That is exactly what happened!

Now I need to find out who was Sadao Nishimura.

Jani.

[JapanX]

Now I need to find out who was Sadao Nishimura.

It could be not that easy ...

By the way nice set Jani!

Congrats!