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J001558 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 15" x 54" white silk banner, to the top of which is a rough illustration of the Order of the Golden Kite, in blue and red, with radiating red rays around it. Beneath that, in red, are the kanji characters for "congratulations" or "celebrate," after which are two, large black characters, which translate to "departure for the front." Beneath these are large black characters which undoubtedly include the name of the recruit, with the last character being that for "mister." A column of fourteen smaller characters, which may include the donor’s name (often the subject’s employer), is handwritten to the left of the larger ones. The bottom edge of the banner has yellow fringe along it, and either side of the banner is bordered in purple silk. Its top is folded over and sewn to create a tunnel loop, through which a horizontal wooden bar is passed. Tied around either end of the exposed wooden bar is a twisted red and white suspension cord with red and white tassels to each of its ends. The banner is very lightly age soiled and wrinkled throughout, although its tassels are noticeably worn.

GRADE ****                PRICE $179.00

 

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