Personal Belongings

I would like to introduce the signed Japanese flag, known as the Good Luck Flag in English, and other related items that I acquired at the antique market. I purchased them at an auction specifically for dealers who have a license for dealing in antiques. We Japanese call it Shussei-Bata/出征旗, which means Deployment Flag. Enemy soldiers primarily obtained these flags from Japanese corpses or POW, so calling them "Good Luck Flag" feels rather ironic. In countries other than Japan, writing on the national flag can be perceived as a disrespectful act towards the flag. Therefore, it might seem strange to…