Incredible, Finest Example Later WWII Imperial Japanese Navy KAMIKAZE Pilot Personal Flag

ARTIFACT:

This is an Incredible, Finest Example Later World War II Imperial Japanese Navy KAMIKAZE Pilot Personal Flag.

VINTAGE:

World War II.

SIZE:

Approximately 29-1/2" in height x 37-1/4" in width.

CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS:

Thin Silk, Leather corners tab, and cotton string to hanging.

ATTACHMENT:

N/A.

MARKINGS:

祈武運長久　立石　義子: x000D Pray for good fortune and safety in war. Tateishi (Family Name) Yoshiko (First Name)

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打て米英: x000D Shoot American & British

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君の友　池平: x000D Your friend Ikehira Ikehira

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立石　　信義　バンザイ: x000D Tateishi Nobuyoshi, Banzai　＊person x000D who received Flag

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立石　義雄: x000D Tateishi Yoshio

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　　　シゲノブ: x000D Shigenobu

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神風精神に続け 平野 大日本帝国海軍: x000D Following the kamikaze spirit. Hirano(Family name), Imperial Japanese Navy

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花は桜　木　人は武士: x000D Flowers are cherry trees People are Samurai.

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本山 正夫: Motoyama x000D (Family Name）Masao x000D (First Name)

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忠孝: x000D Loyalty. 森山　数男: Moriyama x000D (Family Name) Kazuo (First Name)

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神州 x000D (Godの国)　男子征く所: Shinshu x000D (Land of God) Place where men conquer.

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一路決戦、大空へ: x000D One-way Fateful battle, to the sky! 釣谷: x000D Tsuritani (Family Name)

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大宮の花と花と散らんや: x000D Scattering as Emperor's flower. 夜中生: x000D Yanaka (Family Name) Iku (First Name), 池平: x000D Ikehira (Family Name)

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征け決戦の大空へ. x000D 吉田俊男: x000D Let’s go to Fateful battle. Yoshida (Family Name) Toshio (First Name)

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神風、　東山 義久: x000D KamiKaze, Higashiyama (Family Name) Yoshihisa (First Name)

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坂口ミツ子: x000D Sakaguchi (Family Name) Mitsuko (First Name)

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赤心: x000D Sincerity　池平: x000D Ikehira (Family Name)

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忠孝: x000D Loyalty 平野 正義: x000D Hirano (Family Name) Masayoshi (First Name)

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大和魂:　Japanese x000D Spirit 大和校: Yamato x000D school 立石 トヨ子: x000D Tateishi (Family Name) Toyoko (First Name)

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天空は男の征く所: x000D The sky is a place where men conquer

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星野 百合子: x000D Hoshino (Family Name) Yuriko (Women’s First Name)

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神鷲な上がる征衣を納かおる: x000D God Eagle Rises, bring the Subjugation! 前田 重夫: x000D Maeda (Family Name) Shigeo (First Name)

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純忠至誠: x000D Faithfulness and Purity 馬瀬 光男: Base x000D (Family Name) Mitsuo (First Name)　　

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征け大空へ: x000D Conquer the skies!

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祈武運: x000D Pray for good fortune in the war

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海軍技術大尉: x000D Naval Technical Lieutenant 高木 貞安: x000D Takagi (Family Name) Sadayasu (First Name)

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海軍技術中尉：Naval x000D Technical First Lieutenant　南日達郎: x000D Nanbi (Family Name) Tatsuro (First Name)

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海軍技術少尉: x000D Naval Technical Second Lieutenant 松本京三: x000D Matsumoto (Family Name) Kyozo (First Name)

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海軍技術少尉: x000D Naval Technical Second Lieutenant 野口正寿: x000D Noguchi (Family Name) Masatoshi (First Name)

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大君乃矛楯とならん身にしてあれば鍛へごらめや麿安ざらめや: x000D Our body is Emperor's contradiction, we should train and make him peaceful.

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大和校々訓: x000D Yamato School Precepts

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Aiplain 天山: x000D 日本海軍 艦上攻撃機 中島: Tenzan Imperial Japanese Navy's standard carrier-borne torpedo bomber, Nakajima.

*The Nakajima B6N Tenzan was the Imperial Japanese Navy's x000D standard carrier-borne torpedo bomber during the final years of World War II

7. ITEM NOTES:

This is from a Japanese collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. MDJJX21 LDEIEX10/08/22 SDJJJX03/04/25

8. CONDITION:

8 (Excellent): The flag shows minor wear, with a lot of slogans it done by beautiful calligraphy. The flag color is Not WHITE, true color is aged silk and off white.

GUARANTEE:

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.