Japanese signed flag with coins attatched

[Paul G]

Hello everyone,
Here is a flag I picked up recently. The sales picture was so bad, you could hardly see the attached coins. The flag was also Very Very wrinkled and did not display well. After I got it, I was able to steam out most of the wrinkles and it looks pretty good now. The creases now are very light and are new since I folded it. Mike B wrote about the significance of attaching coins to Yosegaki Hinomaru in his book. I believe these are a 5 sen and 10 sen coins. If anyone can add anything about whats written please do. Thank you and enjoy.
The first pictures show the difference in the sales picture and after I gave it a steaming to relax the wrinkles.

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[Geoff Ward]

Very nice flag with lots of interesting styles of writing! Coins and a seal to boot! Nice find! Regards,Geoff

[Paul G]

Thanks Geoff!

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[MikeB]

Amulet Flag

Hi Paul-
Wow! That's a very nice flag with 2 good luck coins sewn to the orb. You very rarely see a good luck flag with any type of amulet attached to it, and this is a pretty nice example. It's also interesting to note the way that the presentation is written around the left-hand side of the red sun. That's pretty unusual too. Glad I was able to see this one!

MikeB

[Paul G]

Thanks Mike . This is the first one for me with the coins attached.

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[Phronsias]

Hi Paul
That sure is a beauty, are you going to frame it? Any history?
Congrats
Frank

[Torakan]

Very nice example!

[Paul G]

Thanks Frank and Torakan! I don't have plans for framing yet. The history on this flag has been lost to time.

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[GHP]

Top:

武運長久
Buun Chōkyū
Eternal Fortunes in Battle

Left side of Rising Sun is recipient's name:
山内巳之助君
Yamauchi Minosuke-kun
Mr. Yamauchi [also can be Yama-no-Uchi] Minosuke

The shrine stamp is:
大師天満宮官
Daishi Tenman Jingū-kan
Great Teacher Tenman Shrine Official

Looks like this on your flag, read top to bottom, right to left:
宮天大
官満師

English Wiki about Tenman Jingu


--Guy