Spits
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Think the engine is hard,try a Spitfire Wing!!!
Extremely detailed Zero schematics
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I'll think it too
I am just about to make modelling the appearences of the engine.
Please check it first, then, let me think what I can do next.
Thanks for your care, Spits.
proton45
Senior Airman
Thanks proton45
Not only Nakajima's but Mitsubishi aircraft engines were also used widely for the Japanese aircrafts during the war.
Model 62, above all, was used for the last model of Zero fighters.
If there was anything to be remarked about the Mitusbishi's, they had a lot of common parts for Kasei, Kinsei and Zuisei engines to realize higher productivity.
I think this was a smart way.
Not only Nakajima's but Mitsubishi aircraft engines were also used widely for the Japanese aircrafts during the war.
Model 62, above all, was used for the last model of Zero fighters.
If there was anything to be remarked about the Mitusbishi's, they had a lot of common parts for Kasei, Kinsei and Zuisei engines to realize higher productivity.
I think this was a smart way.
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proton45
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It is always fun seeing my "sir name" written...Although I share a last name with the venerable Chikuhei Nakajima, we are of no relation. When I was in grade school, I was frequently asked about my relation to the aircraft manufacture...people always seemed disappointed that I had no relation. I frequently had to explain that my most famous ancestor had a silk dye factory in Ashikaga...
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
OK, proton45. I remember that Ashikaga city is located nearby Ohta chity, only 6 miles apart, where Nakajima aircrafts had a big factory for the Zero fighters. Photo attached.
Maybe, your ancestor had any closer relationship with the another Nakajima family for aircrafts in roots.
Maybe, your ancestor had any closer relationship with the another Nakajima family for aircrafts in roots.
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OK, I am ending my research the sir-name 'Nakajima'.
According to the top-20 sir-name rankings by the prefecture in Japan, Nakajima(red circled) is ranked 10th in Gunma prefecture(red underline) where the Nakajima aircrafts was founded.
But, strange to me, I can't find any Nakajimas in the neighboring prefectures Tochigi(blue underline) and Saitama(green) on the list attached. Your Ashikaga belongs to Tochigi prefecture.
I think this means old Nakajimas in that area came from Gunma prefecture during these hundreds years.
The roots would be same.
According to the top-20 sir-name rankings by the prefecture in Japan, Nakajima(red circled) is ranked 10th in Gunma prefecture(red underline) where the Nakajima aircrafts was founded.
But, strange to me, I can't find any Nakajimas in the neighboring prefectures Tochigi(blue underline) and Saitama(green) on the list attached. Your Ashikaga belongs to Tochigi prefecture.
I think this means old Nakajimas in that area came from Gunma prefecture during these hundreds years.
The roots would be same.
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proton45
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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mislead you...my Grandfather Nakajima was from Hokkaido. My Grandmother (maiden name) Tamura was from Ashikaga. My Grate-grandfather Tamura was a very well respected man in Ashikaga. He built one of the first (synthetic) silk dye factory's in Japan he built a temple in the town.
Sorry for the inspecific information...
but
proton45
Senior Airman
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Ya, I believe that, that is it...My Grate-grandfather Tamura put up a lot of the money to rebuild it. It is a story I have heard from my family all my life. My brother and I had planned to visit the temple in 2006, but we didn't have the time...we stayed in Takayama too long.
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It's a great story.
Thanks for sharing, proton45.
I came across a photo of the inside Orihime shrine.
This is rare as the inside is always a sacred space.
Thanks for sharing, proton45.
I came across a photo of the inside Orihime shrine.
This is rare as the inside is always a sacred space.
proton45
Senior Airman
I'm interested in the previous post you made about the Nakajima's in Gunma prefecture. Is their a data base I could look at to learn more about my family? I know about my Grate grandfather Tamura, but I would like to learn more about his wife's family (and my Grandfather Nakajima's family in Hokkaido)...is their a data base of weddings or births. Are their any family records or government census available for research? I asked my father about family records and he said that a lot of the family history was lost in a temple fire.
Thanks for any information that could help.
p.s. I'm sorry for taking up space here on your topic...if I have anymore questions I will "pm"...
To research your or my ancestors here, there are two ways -
1. Check Hon-seki (The permanent domicile)
2. Check Ka-ko-cho (The past book)
1. Your father's Hon-seki is kept at the local government office your father was born(e.g. Ashikaga city). There, you can check not only the record about your father himself (birth date, parents names, borthers, sisters) but other genealogical matters he related (grandfathers/mothers, uncles, aunts). Your name might be registered too if he had applied registeration at the embassy when you were born. But all the records there were only registered after the Meiji Revolution (1867), so You cannot know the older records.
2. Ka-ko-cho was the official way to register genealogical matters before the revolution when all Japanese had to be Buddhists. They were/are recorded and kept at the temple of the town your father was born and lived. It was/is a sort of death register. You can know who had lived and died since the temple was constructed. In my family's case, detailed records with exact personal names could be confirmed from around 1700 - mid Edo era.
I don't think they can be checked easily on the internet though I have never tried before.
Please give me time to check more.
1. Check Hon-seki (The permanent domicile)
2. Check Ka-ko-cho (The past book)
1. Your father's Hon-seki is kept at the local government office your father was born(e.g. Ashikaga city). There, you can check not only the record about your father himself (birth date, parents names, borthers, sisters) but other genealogical matters he related (grandfathers/mothers, uncles, aunts). Your name might be registered too if he had applied registeration at the embassy when you were born. But all the records there were only registered after the Meiji Revolution (1867), so You cannot know the older records.
2. Ka-ko-cho was the official way to register genealogical matters before the revolution when all Japanese had to be Buddhists. They were/are recorded and kept at the temple of the town your father was born and lived. It was/is a sort of death register. You can know who had lived and died since the temple was constructed. In my family's case, detailed records with exact personal names could be confirmed from around 1700 - mid Edo era.
I don't think they can be checked easily on the internet though I have never tried before.
Please give me time to check more.
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proton45
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Thanks for the info Shinpachi, it gives me something to start with...
