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WWII Japanese National Defense Womens Association Toyama Dialect 1943 Postcard ✍️ Message on the Postcard
Back:
**Handwritten Message (from right to left, top to Translation (approximate):**
I heartily congratulate you on the increasing prosperity of your place.
I heartily congratulate you on your good health in the homeland.
I inquired and handled (it).
Well then, regarding your inquiry, I hope for your visit at your convenient time.**Sender\'s Information (top (Tokyo-to, Kyōbashi-ku, Ginza 7-chome)
本金 (Honkin - likely a company name or trade name)
岡三郎 (Okasaburō - Sender\'s name)
Translation:
I heartily congratulate you on the increasing prosperity of your place.
I heartily congratulate you on your good health in the homeland.
I inquired and handled (it).
Well then, regarding your inquiry, I hope for your visit at your convenient time.
🖼️ Information on the Front of the Postcard
📝 In-Scene Text
大日本國語 (on the woman\'s sash, meaning \"Great Japanese Language\" or \"National Language\")
🏢 Publisher Information
Not visible
💬 Captions
(富山美人) (Beauty from Toyama)
越中ことば (Etchū Dialect / Words of Etchū)
女房 (Wife / Madam)
あなた (You)
[Followed by a list of dialect phrases and their standard Japanese counterparts, such as: 「アアハン、ナンダロカネ」 (What is it?), ユンナ、オソマデ (How late it is), ダラカイネ (Are you stupid?), (Unknowingly in an emergency), (What a tie, so idle), シト (Person), (Please do a little, firmly, knowingly)]
📬 Information on the Back of the Postcard
Here\'s the analysis of the postcard back:
📮 Address
**Recipient:**
杉政 本朴 殿 (Mr. Sugimasa Honboku / Sugimasa Motoki)
北部 日本人 合ノ町 バギウ (Hokubu Nipponjin Gōnomachi Bagiu - Gonomachi, Japanese Town, North, Baguio)
*(The diagonal handwritten text \"Bagui\" confirms the location Baguio, Philippines.)*
📅 Postmark & Stamp
**Stamp:**
* **Denomination:** 2+1 sen (銭) semi-postal stamp.
* **Design:** Features a soldier on horseback with a rifle, appearing in a field or battle scene. Text includes \"郵便切手\" (Yūbin kitte - Postage Stamp) and \"大日本\" (Dainippon - Great Japan).
**Postmark:**
* **Location:** 東京芝局 (Tōkyō Shiba Kyoku - Tokyo Shiba Post Office).
* **Date:** 18.12.27 (December 27, 1943, as per the Shōwa calendar, year 18).
* **Time:** Appears to be \"1-2\" (likely 1 PM to 2 PM).
🏛️ Publisher & Postal Note
* \"UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE\" (French for Universal Postal Union)
* \"CARTE POSTALE\" (French for Postcard)
* \"郵便はかき\" (Yūbin hagaki - Postcard)
* No specific publisher name is visible.
* No explicit \"Writing on this part permitted after...\" note is visible.
Note: Postcard information is read by AI and may contain errors. Please review images for accuracy.
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