Battle of Shimushu

[FreyFox]

Thank you very much!

[FreyFox]

Can you find out what is written on this seal?
The find was made on the island of Matua.

Best regards

[Akira Takizawa]

不自惜身命. It is a word from 蓮華経(Lotus Sutra).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Sutra

Taki

[FreyFox]

Many thanks
Could it be a priest's seal or just an amulet?

[Akira Takizawa]

It is an amulet.

Taki

[FreyFox]

And thank you again.

[FreyFox]

Medical finds from the island of Matua. Can the inscription be translated?
And is there a detailed description of the medical equipment of the Japanese army?

Best regards

[FreyFox]

And another question about Japanese dishes, which are often found on Shumshu and Matua in the locations of Japanese military personnel.
Ceramic dining sets in white with blue stars, very good workmanship, are they exclusively officers' accessories?
(pictured above in a row, upside down and broken)

[Akira Takizawa]

Medical finds from the island of Matua. Can the inscription be translated?

Large tube of iodine tincture

Taki

[Akira Takizawa]

Ceramic dining sets in white with blue stars, very good workmanship, are they exclusively officers' accessories?

To me, they look ordinary 茶碗(tea bowl). In the army, privates used metal bowls. So, they would be used by officers.

Taki

[FreyFox]

Thank you very much
Everywhere they write that these are officer sets of dishes ...

I wonder if there are catalogs or tables describing the types of these dishes?

Best regards

[Akira Takizawa]

See below. Though they are replica, they are a set of IJA tableware.

These are,
soup bowl, rice bowl
tea bowl, dish

Taki

[FreyFox]

Yes, these are exactly what are found next to the ruins of the barracks. (in the photo of the barracks in the area of the Four Mountains, Shumshu)

[FreyFox]

Though they are replica,

There are three wholes, rice, tea and dishes, all except the soup)
And many broken ones.

[Akira Takizawa]

During the war, they were earthen to save metal. So, they were easily broken.

Taki