Original Item: One-of-a-kind. Purchased directly from a WW2 veterans family. This hand painted cloth flag is named to "Mr Uzumoto", and has multiple phrases such as "Serve Your Country!", "Sacrifice Yourself!", "Good Luck for Bravery!" and "Keep Fighting!". There are also numerous signatures and names of family and friends. The flag measures approximately 37" x 26". Cloth seems to be rayon, with the red sun dyed onto the center. Flag is in good condition and is the real deal a genuine USGI "bring back"! There are some small stains, but the flag is otherwise in excellent condition. The gold foil corner reinforcements are fully intact, as are the corner ties.

The Good Luck Flag, known as hinomaru yosegaki in the Japanese language, was a traditional gift for Japanese servicemen deployed during the military campaigns of the Empire of Japan, though most notably during World War II. The flag given to a soldier was a national flag signed by friends and family, often with short messages wishing the soldier victory, safety, and good luck.

The Japanese call their country's flag hinomaru, which translates literally to "sun-round", referencing the red circle on a white field. When the hinomaru was signed, the Japanese characters were usually written vertically, and radiated outward from the edge of the red circle. This practice is referenced in the second term, yosegaki, meaning "sideways-writing". The phrase hinomaru-yosegaki can be interpreted as "To write sideways around the red sun", describing the appearance of the signed flag. This particular example completely unique is written in old KANJI the writing are mainly Japanese names of this soldier's family and friends with quotes and phrases.