Japanese flag

[Turneps]

Hello dear forum members! Tell me please, what is this flag and what period does it belong to? Thank! Best regards, Tim

[Tank Destroyer]

You have a ww2 Yosegaki hinomaru or as most know it as a good luck flag. I do not know how to translate the flag but a few guys here do and should be along shortly.
Good looking example.

Marty

[Turneps]

Thanks for the quick reply, Marty, I'll wait, maybe they can help me translate it) Best regards, Tim

[ghp95134]

I am severly limited — iPhone right now. I can’t see to whom the flag was gifted, but it is signed by the principal of a Gunma Prefecture public school.
Top slogan is
祈武運長久
Ki Bu’un Chokyu
Prayers for continued luck in the fortunes of war

心勝、信念
Shin Katsu, Shin’Nen
Win the heart/spirit, faith/conviction

— Guy

[Turneps]

Thanks Guy, for the new interesting information! In your opinion, is this the original ww2 flag? Maybe you can still translate something?

[ghp95134]

Yes, original to the WWII period; pre-1945.

[ghp95134]

The flag is named to
岡部海次君
Okabe Kaiji-kun
Mr. Okabe Kaiji
It is located on the extreme right margin. The given name, Kaiji, could also be read as Umiji ... but Google isn’t always correct.

[ghp95134]

The school I mentioned is:
群馬県立桐生中学校
Gunma Ken-ritsu Kiryuu Chuu Gakkou
Gunma Prefectoral Public Kiryuu Middle School.
Kiryuu is a city name. I cannot read the principal’s signature; I thinl he also caligraphed the Four-Character Idiom above the school name:
皇澤無*
— Guy

[Turneps]

Thank you very much for your attention to the topic and very interesting information! Best regards, Tim