Thanks!
Yes I believe it was picked up by my great grandfather at the end of WWII. So this was printed text? Do you know whether the images in the book are completely printed or if maybe they were painted by hand? The lines appear to be printed but the colors look like they may have been painted in after printing?
I am going to include another photo of the back cover. Looks to be maybe an author's or owner's signature? Once again I hope the picture quality is good enough to read.
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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
It's at least pre-WWII because it uses an older way of writing certain sounds.
It's written right-to-left, and using the modern Japanese writing system, it would be written:
With kanji,
Translation:
Edit: According to a quick Google search, its publishing date is 昭和16年2月14日 (Showa 16, Feb. 14). This is Feb. 14, 1941. Here is some information about it (in Japanese): ヨイコドモ 下
The URL also has a link to a fulltext PDF. I might translate it for you later, but right now I've got to clean up my apartment (before the wife gets home!). |