Extremely detailed Zero schematics

[Shinpachi]

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[proton45]

Originally Posted by Shinpachi

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I think this is the temple he built.

[Shinpachi]

Hey, it's Orihime Shrine!
A very famous traditional shirine rebuilt in 1937 after the fire.

[proton45]

Originally Posted by Shinpachi

Hey, it's Orihime Shrine!
A very famous traditional shirine rebuilt in 1937 after the fire.

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.

[Shinpachi]

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.

[proton45]

Originally Posted by Shinpachi

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.

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"...

[Shinpachi]

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.

[proton45]

Thanks for the info Shinpachi, it gives me something to start with...

[Ivan1GFP]

Hello again Shinpachi,

Did you ever come across cruise / part throttle settings for the Sakae engines? I am just a bit curious as to what the settings were for "max continuous", and best economy were for this engine.

Thanks.
- Ivan.

[Shinpachi]

Hello, Ivan.

Sorry but I have no data about the Zero throttle.
What I know is -
A6M5 Cruise Speed: 200 knots (337 km) per hour.