Another Dragon Art Good Luck Flag

[Fortunes Of War]

I was fortunate to add this flag to my collection many years ago.  The artist rendered a dragon in great detail, portraying it coming out from behind the red sun in the center of the white field.  Most of the dragon flags that I have seen over the years, show the dragon behind the sun, unlike tiger flags that show the animal in many different poses and situations.  I have seen one other flag that shows a colorful dragon head only, drawn in that flag's white field.  

The lines of kanji say that the flag was "Presented to Mr. Onishi, stationed with a divisional communications unit, somewhere in Northern China."  The lower grouping of characters says, "Far from our home town, we rejoice in the coincidence of meeting here in Shangxi, Northern China.  [Signed], Itani Keizo, Ushijima Unit, 1st Field Hospital.  The upper lines of kanji contain a phrase about being just one of one hundred million, protecting the country [Japan]. [Signed] Yasuda Minoru, also of the same communications unit.  The designation of "one hundred million" was popularly used during the war in Japan to indicate the support of the Japanese population.

[Jack the Collector]

That is a piece of eye candy for sure!

[Fortunes Of War]

Thank you Jack; it certainly is...!