The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with a single slogan, 'Long-lasting good fortune in war' and the name of the soldier to whom it was presented, Tamazawa Shinshichi, written in black ink characters. Another phrase gives the information that Tamazawa was born in the year of the sheep (1919). Two of the corners of the flag are reinforced with heavy card, from which the flag was originally suspended.
Flag was taken from a shrine at Tokushima on the island of Shikoku. This type of flag was presented to the soldier, by a single individual, on his enlistment and then hung in the shrine when he left for war. It was left at there where it was an object of veneration and worship.
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with a single slogan, 'Long-lasting good fortune in war' and the name of the soldier to whom it was presented, Tani Yoshio from the village of Suida-cho, w
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag bearing a single slogan, 'Long-lasting good fortune in war' his name only, Moriwaki Sukeichi, in black ink characters. A further phrase gives the informat
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with a single slogan, 'Long-lasting good fortune in war' (the the name of the soldier to whom it was presented is not given), written in black ink characte
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with slogans and signatures written in black ink characters. The flag was presented to Itahara Juni by a teacher (name cannot be deciphered). The signature
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with signatures and a single slogan, the traditional wish for long-lasting good fortune in war, in black ink characters. Writing on the flag indicates that
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with signatures and slogans in black ink characters. Apart from the signatures they translate as the traditional 'long-lasting good fortune in war', 'do yo
