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J001358 JAPANESE PATRIOTIC "OFF TO WAR" BANNER. Send-off parades were organized for soldiers on their way to the local railway station by community organizations, with the participants carrying banners ("nobori"), suspended from vertical poles, each with the name of a specific recruit to them. This example is an approximately 19" x 65" white silk banner, to the top of which has been printed a golden cherry blossom encircled by a wreath of green laurels, beneath which are two crossed flags, the war flag to the right and the national flag to the left, against a green background and with lighter green tassels joining them. The green background is broken at its base by a red zig-zag, bordered top and bottom with white ones. Beneath that, in red, are the kanji characters for "congratulations" or "celebrate," after which is a handwritten column of five, large black characters, which undoubtedly include the name of the recruit, with the last character being that for "mister." A column of six smaller characters, which may include the donor’s name (often the subject’s employer), is handwritten to the left of the larger ones. The rounded, bottom edge of the banner has orange fringe along it, and either side of the banner is bordered in patterned, green silk. Its top is folded over and sewn to create a tunnel loop, through which a horizontal wooden bar is passed. At the top of the tunnel loop is printed an oval with kanji characters within it, alongside of which is a square ink stamp, again with characters. Tied around either end of the exposed wooden bar is a twisted red suspension cord with orange tassels to each of its ends. The banner is lightly age soiled and wrinkled throughout, with some color fading and several small holes to the base of its edging.

GRADE ***3/4                PRICE $179.00

 

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