Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 24 x 36” Category_Blunderbuss Very possibly at other times

Very possibly at other times also

The frame is a bit too big for the photo so it is loose inside and is not fixed to one spot

This example however is still the original ivory white color

with some tearing around the edges as would be expected from age and use

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 24 x 36” Category_Blunderbuss Very possibly at other timesOriginal 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). With the sun in the center, this is a flag of the