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Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage ParkBook - Japanese character dictionary, Nanyo Kaiun, 1938
... Japanese character dictionary...Japanese dictionary...Japanese character dictionary produced by a company which made Japanese cargo ships in the 1930s and 1940s. ...dictionary.) There are also characters stamped onto the front cover and the back cover as well as the (embossed) Latin script: 'Shin Shu' (Shin Shu may have a literal English meaning of 'Improve oneself through one's own efforts'.) Japanese ...Actual donor is unknown. However, this dictionary may have been a souvenir collected by Australian personnel in WWII following the sinking of the cargo boat which carried this type of dictionary. The cargo boat may have been carrying supplies and troops. It was torpedoed on 12 July 1944 by USS Piranha.Australian soldiers were known to collect 'souvenir' items belonging to the enemy although this practice was not officially condoned.This dictionary is a reminder of Australia's participation in fighting relating to the Pacific zone in WWII - participation which might have included some Emerald and district residents.Japanese character dictionary produced by a company which made Japanese cargo ships in the 1930s and 1940s. This dictionary seems to have belonged to one of those ships: Nitiran Maru (aka Nichiran Maru) which was completed in 1938 but destroyed by torpedo in 1944. The front cover is white cardboard. The back cover is brown cardboard with embossed gold lettering.The inside of the book is entirely characters - no Latin script. On front cover is 'Nanyo Kaiun' stamp and S. S. Nitiran Maru. (Nitiran Maru is handwritten suggesting that it was one of several Nanyo Kaiun ships that carried this type of dictionary.) There are also characters stamped onto the front cover and the back cover as well as the (embossed) Latin script: 'Shin Shu' (Shin Shu may have a literal English meaning of 'Improve oneself through one's own efforts'.)japanese dictionary, nitiran maru, nichiran maru, world war ii, 12 july 1944 -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia IncSuitcase from Mason Day Frecker, 1930s
... The contents of M D Frecker's suitcase include World War II medals awarded to the owner, photographs, maps, pilots' handbooks, language dictionaries (Malay, Pidgin, Japanese), propaganda leaflets dropped by Japanese....The contents of M D Frecker's suitcase include World War II medals awarded to the owner, photographs, maps, pilots' handbooks, language dictionaries (Malay, Pidgin, Japanese), propaganda leaflets dropped by Japanese. ...Suitcase issued to aircraft captains or crew by RAAF during World War II. The contents of M D Frecker's suitcase include World War II medals awarded to the owner, photographs, maps, pilots' handbooks, language dictionaries (Malay, Pidgin, Japanese), propaganda leaflets dropped by Japanese.Has historical and social significance, also research significance. Provenance known, owner piloted B-24 Liberator bombers and General Blamey's personal aircraft; item was donated by son. Great interpretive potential.Worn dark suitcase belonging to Mason Day Frekker, strong cardboard covered with 'leatherette', metal fasteners on front, with carry handle. Suitcase contains Flying Log Book RAAF, Wedding Photo, National Archives Record Search Mason Day Frecker, Distinguished Flying Medal Register WW2 x 3, Papers on Medals and Victorian Ground Crew Numbers, Files 1 - 2 - 3 - Photographs, Leaflets, Pilots' Notes, Maps - Germany (28 maps), Buttons and badges and other medals."RAAF/402653/Frecker/M.D." on top surface, "M.D.F." on front surface under handle.b24 liberator bomber, world war ii, raaf pilot, world war ii aerial photographs, a22.00 -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoriaphotograph, May 10th or 11th 1935
... Kagawa was known more as a Christian social reformer than as a religious leader both in and out of Japan, but he was fundamentally an evangelist throughout his life. Robert M. Fukada, “Kagawa, Toyohiko” in Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, ed. ...Kagawa was known more as a Christian social reformer than as a religious leader both in and out of Japan, but he was fundamentally an evangelist throughout his life. Robert M. Fukada, “Kagawa, Toyohiko” in Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, ed. ...Kagawa, Toyohiko (1888-1960) Japanese evangelist and social movement leader Kagawa was born in Kobe to Kame and Junichi Kagawa. In lonely years following the death of his parents at age four, he met Harry W. Myers and Charles A. Logan, missionaries of the (Southern) Presbyterian Church, U.S., and was baptized by Myers on February 14, 1904, at the Tokushima church. He pursued theological study at Meiji Gakuin in Tokyo and Kobe Theological Seminary. During his student days in Kobe he moved into the Shinkawa slum to serve the physical and spiritual needs of some 7,500 people. Between August 1914 and May 1917 Kagawa studied in the United States at Princeton Theological Seminary and then became involved in labor and peasants movements in Japan and in organizing religious programs, with the Jesus Band of Kobe as the base of his work. In 1921 Kagawa organized the Friends of Jesus. This Franciscan-like band of young people strove for spiritual discipline, compassion for the poor, and an evangelical life of witness. When Tokyo suffered a massive earthquake in 1923, he shifted the main emphasis of his work to that city. He promoted economic cooperatives in Japan and peace and social reform programs before and after World War II. Kagawa was a prolific writer. Most of his writings are collected in the twenty-four volume Kagawa Toyohiko Zenshu (The work of Kagawa Toyohiko) (1964). His theological focus was on the redemptive love of God, manifest in the life of Jesus Christ, to whom people can commit themselves through a mystical experience of faith and intellectual creativity. Kagawa was known more as a Christian social reformer than as a religious leader both in and out of Japan, but he was fundamentally an evangelist throughout his life. Robert M. Fukada, “Kagawa, Toyohiko” in Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, ed. Gerald H. Anderson (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 1998), 350. This article is reprinted from Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, Macmillan Reference USA, copyright © 1998 Gerald H. Anderson, by permission of Macmillan Reference USA, New York, NY. All rights reserved. B & W informal photograph of the Rev. H.C. Matthew and Toyohiko Kagawa standing in front of the door to Captain Cook's Cottage in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne. "Melbourne May 19th or 11th 1935. H.C. Matthew & Toyohiko Kagawa standing by the cottage recently removed to Australia & re-erected in Melbourne Botanical Gardens in which Captain Cook was born."toyohiko kagawa, h.c. matthews, captain cook's cottage, friends of jesus, christian missions.
