Small Japanese Tunic?

[RobertCOUTTS]

This is a recent acquisition. Has a label inside I believed to be military. Size is small, please tell me its okay.
thanks Robert

[RobertCOUTTS]

Tunic

Label closeup

[Ryukyutunnelrat]

HI Robert, you have a WWII Japanese Naval Tunic. Late war with wood buttons instead of the metal anchor buttons.

David.

[J7W22007]

Dated May, 1945

A really nice piece of example.

Taka

[RobertCOUTTS]

Tunic

thanks for that must have been a small soldier. I may keep it now.
Robert

[GHP]

And ... from Sasebo

佐世保軍需部
Sasebo Gunjyu Bu
Sasebo Military Stores Section

That's a US Navy base today .... guessing it was Navy at that time as well [yup, good guess].

Sasebo has been an important naval base since 1883, when Lieutenant Commander Tōgō Heihachirō nominated the tiny fishing village to form the nucleus of a mighty base for the Imperial Japanese Navy. In 1905 ships of the Japanese Navy under Admiral Togo sailed from Sasebo to take on the Russian Baltic Fleet. Admiral Togo's victory at the Battle of Tsushima is a classic in naval history.


The Imperial Japanese Navy had some 60,000 people working in the dock yard and associated naval stations at the peak of World War II, outfitting ships, submarines and aircraft. In those days, just as today, Sasebo was a favorite liberty port for navy personnel.

In September 1945, the U.S. Marine Corps' Fifth Division landed at Sasebo, and in June 1946, U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo was established.

--Guy

[xXx]

Your tunic is a medium size.