Original Japanese WWII Hand-Painted Silk Good Luck Flag with Lots of Signatures - Great Translation Potential - 29 x 33”

Original Item. Only One Available. This is a heavily-worn example of a Japanese Good Luck flag, with the names of dozens of Japanese friends and family of the departing soldier. There are also some well wishes such as “Tiger goes to War”, but this example is not translated and has heavy wear which makes it difficult to translate. This would be a fantastic research project for someone!

The flag measures roughly 29 x 33” and retains remnants of both of its original corner reinforcements, which appear to be paper. Both of the two tie strings are retained but they are extremely weak as shown. This example was certainly a battlefield pickup, and is a really tremendous piece.

From our preliminary analysis, we believe that the majority of the writing on the flag are names of friends and family, as we could only find a couple of instances of well wishes. One interesting bit read The great prince Shotaro Honma, which requires more research. 

The flag is made of what appears to be rayon cloth, an early form of synthetic cloth made from wood, with the red "sun" dyed piece sewn into the middle. The flag is in fair overall condition and is the real deal. There is heavy tearing in one corner and there are tons of very small holes across the flag as shown. This is a really fantastic battlefield pickup. The writing is still somewhat legible, and this would make a fine display piece for a wall or glass table. These are getting harder and harder to find in any condition.