PNSSHOGUN Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 I have the name (Yamamoto Kiyoshi) but the small handwritten note and details on the back are beyond my powers. Could a kind soul assist with these? 2 Quote
John C Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 Probably not correct, however google translate has the back of the card as: John C. Quote
SteveM Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 Pretty close. The address on the card (Shiba-ku, Takanawadai-machi #32) isn't there anymore, and it is now located somewhere in Minato-ku Takanawa 1 (near Takanawa Gateway station). Must be a really old card, because the phone numbers haven't looked like that since early 1960s, maybe? I can't read any of the handwriting. Maybe the 3rd is 石 (stone) and maybe the last is 卸 (wholesale). 5 1 Quote
Nobody Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 I guess that 山本淸 (Yamamoto Kiyoshi, 1883-1960) is the Yamamoto Gonbe’s oldest son. Yamamoto Kiyoshi was a naval officer, politician, and nobility. His father Yamamoto Gonbe (山本権兵衛) was an admiral of the Navy. Ref. 山本清 (海軍軍人) - Wikipedia Ref. Yamamoto Gonnohyōe - Wikipedia Yamamoto Kiyoshi was living in Shiba-ku, Takanawadai-machi in early Showa period. I guess that the card was used before or during WWII. The first three characters of the handwriting might be 外務省 (the Foreign Ministry). 6 1 Quote
SteveM Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 Then maybe the very last one is 部 (something like 情報部)? 2 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted September 4 Author Report Posted September 4 Thank you again all, indeed Yamamoto Kiyoshi was at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This all relates to a naval sword surrendered to an Australian officer in the Dutch East Indies with a business card attached for Yamamoto Kiyoshi & his son Seiji. That card has an address for Shibuya Tokyo. So far I haven't been able to directly place Yamamoto Kiyoshi at Makassar or Balikpapan but my thoughts are he was a senior civilian employee of the Navy. The new card in question came up on yahoo auctions recently with other business cards from that period. Thank you all again for your assistance in this ongoing mystery. 1 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted September 4 Author Report Posted September 4 These were the other cards in the lot, they all appear to be similarly influential figures of the period: 1 Quote
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