Japanese Hinomaru Yosegaki Flag
Article about: Hello, I hope everyone is doing well. I recently acquired this flag in a trade deal last week. After doing some reading into these flags, it appears that some of them contained information t
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Hi Andrew,
Nice flag. I do not see any mention of a town or location. The flag was gifted to Mr. Kawabata.
祈武運長久
Inori Bu’un Choukyuu
Prayers for everlasting luck in the fortunes of war.
贈川端梅一君
Zou Kawabata Ume’ichi kun
Gift to Mr. Kawabata Ume’ichi
The given name Ume’ichi might also be pronounced as Umekazu or maybe as Shou’ichi (same kanji pronounced differently).
Everything else looks to be the signatures of well-wishers.
Cheers,
— Guy
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Thank you very much for the information! It is greatly appreciated. It is nice to have a name that can be placed with the flag.
Kind regards, Andrew
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Out of curiosity, is the flag square in shape? It appears that way from the pictures.
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