Ww2 Hiroshima Bring Back

[mywifesgunakillme]

I've posted a couple of pictures of four streamers that were brought back from WW2.  I was told that they were brought back from Hiroshima after the Atomic Bomb was dropped.  Any assistance in translating is appreciated.  I know the pictures aren't the best.  The streamers are about 3ft long, so I needed to stand on a stool above them to get a decent picture.

 

[Baka Gaijin]

Hi Jason.,

 

I'll start the ball rolling with Image 1

 

The top 5 Kanji running down from left of your image is a date:

 

昭 Sho

和 Wa

十 Ju

四 Yon

年 Nen

 

Showa 14th year (1939)

 

Showa began in 1926, so that's the 14th year of the Showa era - 1939 (Not 1940 as is sometimes easy to confused by adding 14 to 1926, 1926 is year 1)

 

The same format applies in images 2 & 3.

 

Have a try and see if you can work out the dates on Images 2 & 3.

 

This link will help you:

 

http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/kanji/nengo.htm

 

Cheers