Question about Kinoshita's Rikugun

[Peter High]

antoinette malone <maloneantoinette at hotmail.com> wrote:        
Thus, I'm afraid my first post is to ask a question.  I am currently watching Kinoshita's Rikugun and puzzling over the scene in which Tanaka Kinuyo, whilst washing out her yard, breaks down.  She sits down and repeats a mantra under her breath.  Each line begins with "gunjin wa.." and ends with "hitotsu".  From what I can make out it is a list of goals for the Japanese mother in order to produce a "rippana gunjin".    
  
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  It is (Emperor Meiji's) Imperial Rescript for Soldiers (colloquially known as the Gunjin Chikugo).
   The "hitotsu" does not END a sentence, it is used to indicate the beginning of each article (of the Rescript, in this case). The term is used in pledges (or announcements of prohibition).
  PB High




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