Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Multi-Piece Silk Battle Flag - 34 ½ x 51 ½” MG 34 Mounts which in this case is

which in this case is crimped in place

Unfortunately we do not know what the name is or what it might represent

The "red Earth" portion was added by Sun Yat-sen in winter of 1906

The box is dated a few months later at 4/54

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Multi-Piece Silk Battle Flag - 34 ½ x 51 ½” MG 34 Mounts which in this case isOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Rising Sun Flag ( Kyokujitsu ki) design was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period. On May 15, 1870, as a policy of the Meiji government, it was adopted as the war flag of the Imperial Japanese Army, and on October 7, 1889, it was adopted as the naval ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy (Naval flags have the sun off center to the left), the sun in the center would be for Army use. This