Japan Militaria

Imperial Japanese Field Grade Officer (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel) Formal Dress Uniform Tunic, Trousers, and Hat with Plume with cases.

This is a most unusual uniform, seldom encountered this complete and with the original cases for the hat and accessories.

There is some slight damage to the left side epaulette, as shown below.

Detail of the right sleeve bullion

Detail of left side sleeve and back

Right side epaulette and collar detail

Left side epaulette, showing damage detail

Maker mark

Detail of tunic quilted lining

Hat with plume attached

Hat without plume detail

Hat inside view

Leather marked hat case

Plume in case

Trousers and belt buckle detail

The condition is near excellent throughout, excepting the slight bullion ravelling shown on the left side epaulette.

Imperial Japanese Company Grade Officer (equivalent to Captain) Formal Dress Uniform Tunic, Trousers, and Bullion Sash with case.

This is a most unusual uniform, seldom encountered this complete and with the original cased heavy silver bullion sash.

Detail of the right sleeve bullion

Detail of the right side sleeve and back

Collar detail

Tunic Maker mark

Detail of tunic quilted lining

Sash in case

Trousers and Maker Mark detail

The condition is near excellent throughout.

Imperial Japanese Navy maker marked life jacket at sea flotation device.

This is a most unusual item, especially rare in mint unissued condition.

The vest has all snaps, two-color camoflage straps, ties, tag, pocket, and back panel intact, present and complete.

The vest is a standard one size fits all design with plenty of room for accommodating combat equipment underneath.  There is a long crotch panel that ties to secure the vest in active wear.

Inside of the vest -- Front -- Rear

NAKATA TOYKO-UEN Maker mark and tag

Detail of the back panel

Snap Pocket detail

The condition is near mint throughout.

Please note: the light area on the upper image at the left is sunlight, not a defect in the vest.

Imperial Japanese IDed Paratrooper Officer (equivalent to Lieutenant) Uniform Tunic, Trousers, and Shirt with wood bound leather trunk.

This is a most unusual uniform, seldom encountered this complete and with the original case.  Also included are his mess gear, leather puttees, spotting scope and leather case, translations of his name and paratrooper identification.  The lettering on the trunk translates to "2nd Lt. Arima (last name) Jyiro (first name) Parach."

The tunic has a very rare gold bullion paratrooper wing, badge, and 6th Class Rising Sun order with ribbon (worn as a neck order as we received the uniform).  The medal shows signs of long-time wear.

The tunic measures 18 inches across the chest with 17 inch sleeve (inseam).  The trunk measures approximately 33 by 10 by 14 inches. The trousers have a 29 inch waist and 28-1/2 inch inseam.

Ribbon Bar -- Front -- Rear

Tunic rear

Detail of the Tunic inside breast behind the wing

Collar rank and wing detail

Tunic collar rear

Detail of Shirt

Uniform in case

Trousers and waist detail

The condition is near excellent throughout.

WWII Japanese Fleet Grade Naval Officer Formal Dress Shoulder Boards and Hat Cased.

This is a very unusual uniform item, seldom encountered with the original case. This set of shoulder boards and hat is for a Rear Admiral

Detail of the left shoulder board

Detail of the right shoulder board

Detail of top of the hat

Detail of bottom of the hat

The condition is near excellent throughout, with some tarnish from age, slight scratches to the original red paint and some slight stains on one board.

This is a Japanese Imperial Navy Donald Duck black wool IDed uniform sailor cap.

This is a very nicely made all wool cap with complete and intact linen lining and embroidered silk cap tally. The lining has the original issue identification tag present and readable (all Japanese, we have no translation of the Japanese available).

This is detailed view of a close-up of the name and the inside of the cap showing the lining and tag.

The condition is near good, with some wear to the wool and deep soil from age throughout.

This is a Japanese Imperial Army cap made of stiff woven jute (burlap).

This is a very nicely made .

This is a view of the inside of the cap showing the black paper sweatband and construction. The size is approximately 21 inches (54cm) in diameter.

The condition is near excellent throughout, with some very slight discoloration under the paper chin strap (shown in the images raised to expose the underside. There is a gilt die-struck metal army star on the front.

This is a Japanese carved skull used as an ojime slider for an inro with the netsuke.

This is a very nicely executed skull, showing a lot of attention to detail. It measures 3/4 inch in diameter. Views from all sides are shown below:

Detail of the left side

Detail of the right side

Detail of top of the skull

Detail of bottom of the skull

The condition is near excellent throughout.

This is an Imperial Japanese leg hobbles, thumbscrews, and come-along Restraint Set.

This is a very unusual set of wire wound restraints and thumbscrew set (one large, one small)  The metal is all iron, completely hand made, including the locks.  There is no key present, however any competent locksmith could make a set.  There are some vertical lines that may be maker marks on each of the locks, shown here and here.

The leg restraint is a maximum length of 36 inches (about 18 inches between the ankles when correctly set).  The comealong is 10 inches long with 3-3/4 inch wooden handles.

The condition is near excellent throughout, with some darkness to the iron from age.

This is a 1933 Japanese Manchurian Campaign Model 91 Broad-gauge Railroad Tractor Armored Train Car Bronze Casting.

Some German references identify the Model 91 Broad-gauge Railroad Tractor as a "Type 2593 Sumida Armored Car" (Sechsrad-Panzerkraftwagen Sumida M.2593 (1933)). This is incorrect.

It measures 8-1/2 inches long by 4 inches wide by 4-1/2 inches high.  It has a raised legend on the front and it is signed on the back as shown in close-up here. This is a view of the top from an angle showing detail.

The condition is excellent throughout.

This is a hand-made Japanese Officers Samurai Sword with Leather Covered Wood Scabbard.

The condition is generally very good, with some signs of wear from routine carry. There are two hot-punched holes in the unmarked tang, shown here left and right sides.

It measures 38 inches in the scabbard. The leather measures 27-1/2 inches overall. The sword measures 35 inches with a plain single edge blade 23-7/8 inches long tip to notch.  The grip (right -- left) is traditionally silk wrapped ray skin with fittings. These are views of the tsuba front and the back .

There are no apparent maker marks.

This is a Sino Japanese War Officers Samurai Sword with Leather Covered Steel Scabbard.

The condition is generally very good, with some signs of wear from routine carry. The grip is a one-piece cast plastic to resemble ray skin with plum blossom and molded wrap.

It measures 29-1/2 inches in the scabbard. The leather measures 28 inches overall. The sword measures 28-1/2 inches with a plain single edge blade 22 inches long to the guard.  The guard is brass fitted with a twisted wire ray skin grip. These are views of the right, left and backstrap of the grip and the right overall view of the sword out of the scabbard.

There are no apparent maker marks. We have not removed the grip and will not.  What you see is what you get.

This is a Meiji-Era Japanese Manchuria Railroad Military Police Samurai Sword with black painted iron Scabbard.

The condition is generally very good, with some signs of wear from routine carry. The grip is black leather wrapping in twisted pair wire. The backstrap has crossed Manchuria flags and the Japanese military cherry blossom.

It measures 34 inches in the scabbard. The sword measures 33 inches with a plain single edge blade 26 inches long to the guard.  The guard is brass fitted. These are views of the right and left sides of the grip and the right and left overall views of the sword out of the scabbard.

The scabbard shows a lot of wear and chipping to the enamel and there are a couple of dents and dings that do not interfere with the sword fitting in the scabbard.

There are no apparent maker marks. The sword and guard have the number "59" deeply stamped in. We have not removed the grip and will not.  What you see is what you get.

This is a World War II Navy Commissioned Officers Model 1896 1914 Pattern Kyu-Gunto Parade Sword and Damaged Leather Scabbard.

This sword was used from 1914 until 1930s when replaced by the Kai-Gunto for Japanese Navy commissioned officers, superseding previous patterns. The condition is generally very good, with moderate signs of wear from routine carry. The grip is a one-piece cast plastic to resemble ray skin. The pommel has a separately applied plum blossom at the pommel and one on the gilded backstrap.  This is a view of the grip left and pommel sides. These are overall views left and right. There is an  marking of the Toyakawa Naval Arsenal and a maker mark resembling a house (a "square" with a "^"roof on it) on the underside of the guard. There is also a very worn and frayed sword tassel and knot present.

It measures 32-1/2 inches in the scabbard. The sword measures 31-1/2 inches with a plain single edge blade 26-1/4 inches long to the guard.  The leather scabbard has significant damage throughout on both sides, as shown.

This is a WWII Japanese Sword in Carved Bone Fittings.

The condition is generally very good, with some signs of wear from age.

It measures 24 inches in the scabbard. The dagger measures 20-1/2 inches overall with a 12-3/4 inch plain single edge blade with a 6 inch unsharpened false edge on one side.

There are no apparent maker marks. The scabbard is made of four pieces of carved bone with some wear apparent to several of the segments. The grip is two segments of bone with one showing some damage.

These are views of the left and right sides of the grip and scabbard areas showing detail and portions with damage.

This is a WWII Japanese miniature knife in brass and wood fittings.

The condition is generally good, with signs of wear from age and long use. There are a number of small nicks on the edge.

It measures 6-3/4 inches overall with a 4 inch plain single edge blade.

There are no apparent maker marks. There is no scabbard. The grip is brass on wood with small silver fittings.

This is an Imperial Japanese Brown Silk Sword Cord and Slider.

The condition is generally very good, with some signs of wear from age.

It measures 15 inches doubled as shown.

This is a  views of the reverse side.

This is an Imperial Japanese Brown Silk Sword Cord, Tassels, and Slider.

The condition is generally near excellent throughout.

It measures 15-1/2 inches overall as shown.

This is a  views of the reverse side.

This is an Imperial Japanese Taupe (gray-green) Silk Sword Cord, Tassels, and Slider.

The condition is generally near excellent throughout.

It measures 15-1/2 inches overall as shown.

This is a  views of the reverse side.

This is an Imperial Japanese Two Tone (Brown-Blue) Silk Sword Cord, Tassels, and Slider.

The condition is generally near excellent throughout.

It measures 18-1/2 inches overall as shown.

This is a  views of the reverse side.

This is an Imperial Japanese Two Tone (Brown-Purple) Silk Sword Cord, Tassels, and Slider.

The condition is generally near excellent throughout.

It measures 20-1/2 inches overall as shown.

This is a  views of the reverse side.

This is an Imperial Japanese Gold Colored Silk Sword Cord, Tassels, and Slider.

The condition is generally near excellent throughout.

It measures 19 inches overall as shown.

This is a  views of the reverse side.

This is an Imperial Japanese Gold Bullion Sword Cord and Slider.

The condition is generally fair to good, with signs of moderate wear from age and a break in the gold cord

It measures 18 inches long as shown.

This is a  views of the reverse side and a close-up of the knot.

This is a WWII Japanese Imperial Arisaka Type 30 Model 1897 Rifle Bayonet.

This bayonet was made when the end of the war was nearing and the Japanese were preparing to arm the populace for the expected invasion of the mainland of Japan.

The condition is generally very good, with some minor signs of its age. The grips are wood.  The steel is black and in very good condition. There are some minor rust freckles present. The blade is sharp on one side only, and then only halfway up the length of the blade from the tip.

It measures 21 inches in the scabbard. The bayonet measures 20-1/2 inches overall with a 16 inch plain single edge blade with no fuller.

There is a Jinsen (Inchon, Korea) Arsenal maker mark on the blade. The wooden scabbard is brown and held together with waxed cord, with a steel end cap and throat ring, typical for this design.

These are views of the left and right sides of the grip.

This is a WWII Japanese Imperial Arisaka Type 30 Model 1897 Rifle Bayonet.

This bayonet was made when the end of the war was nearing and the Japanese were preparing to arm the populace for the expected invasion of the mainland of Japan.

The condition is generally very good, with some minor signs of its age. The grips are wood.  The steel is black and in very good condition. There are some minor rust freckles present. The blade is sharp on one side only for the entire length of the blade from the tip to ricasso.

It measures 20-3/4 inches in the scabbard. The bayonet measures 20-1/4 inches overall with a 15-3/4 inch plain single edge blade with no fuller.

There is a Toyada Arsenal maker mark on the blade. The wooden scabbard is green and held together with waxed cord, with a steel end cap and throat ring, typical for this design.

These are views of the left and right sides of the grip.

This is a WWII Japanese Imperial Arisaka Type 30 Model 1897 Rifle Bayonet.

This bayonet was used from 1897 to 1945 for the Type 99 and Type 38 rifles.  This one has the straight style quillon.

The condition is generally very good to near excellent, with signs of wear from routine combat carry. The grips are wood.  The steel is black from age and use.  The blade is near excellent with more than 95% of the original blue remaining. This is an exceptionally nice quality for a Japanese bayonet.  It us serial numbered 75361 and proof marked in the pommel, with a "square equal sign" Kanji prefix (perhaps a date).

It measures 20-3/4 inches in the scabbard. The bayonet measures 20-1/4 inches overall with a 15-3/4 inch plain single edge blade with a 12 inch fuller just under the spine on both sides. The blade is very sharp for one half its length from the tip by design.

There is a maker mark that is generally associated with Howa Jyuko on the blade. The steel scabbard is painted Army tan (original issue paint).

These are views of the left and right sides of the grip.

This is a WWII Japanese Imperial Arisaka Type 30 Model 1897 Rifle Bayonet.

This bayonet was used from 1897 to 1945 for the Type 99 and Type 38 rifles.  This one has the straight style quillon.

The condition is generally very good, with signs of wear from routine combat carry. The grips are wood.  The steel is black from age and use.  The blade is near excellent with more than 95% of the original blue remaining.

It measures 20-3/4 inches in the scabbard. The bayonet measures 20-1/4 inches overall with a 15-3/4 inch plain single edge blade with a 12 inch fuller just under the spine on both sides.

There is a National Denki Company (under Kokura  Arsenal supervion) maker mark on the blade. The steel scabbard is black with traces of the original black paint remaining.

These are views of the left and right sides of the grip.

This is a WWII Japanese Imperial Arisaka Type 30 Model 1897 Rifle Bayonet.

This bayonet was used from 1897 to 1945 for the Type 99 and Type 38 rifles.  This one has the hooked blade breaker quillon.

The condition is generally very good, with signs of wear from routine combat carry. The grips are wood.  The steel is black from age and use.  The blade is near very good.

It measures 21 inches in the scabbard. The dagger measures 20-1/4 inches overall with a 15-3/4 inch plain single edge blade with a 12 inch fuller just under the spine on both sides.

There is a Koishikawa (Tokyo) Arsenal maker mark on the blade. The steel scabbard is brown with traces of the original black paint remaining.  There is some moderate wear apparent to the leather and fittings of the closed top frog, which is in very good overall condition. The buckle and retaining strap are intact and present -- unusual for this design.

These are views of the left and right sides of the grip.

This is a WWII Japanese Imperial Arisaka Type 30 Model 1897 Rifle Bayonet Leather Frog.

There is some moderate wear apparent to the leather and fittings of this open top frog, which is in good to very good overall condition. The buckle and retaining strap are intact and present, but showing considerable wear from use and carry.

This is a view of the back.

This key was brought back to the States by a senior staff aide to General MacArthur who had routine access to his suite at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo following the end of WWII.

The condition is generally very good, with some scarring from the ring holding the key present on the tag. There are some stains from wear and routine carry.

It is identified with gilt Kanji and white lettering on one side.  The back is unremarkable.

This is a unique artifact and one you will be pleased to add to your collection.

This is a 1000 stitch coarse weave linen belt, with silk floss knots laid in rows.

There are a number of burnt orange color knots on the front and linked at the rear, as shown.

The condition is very good to near excellent throughout. There are some stains from wear and what may have been an injury or wound.

It measures 6 by 50 inches with 100 rows of 10 knots in each row.

This is a superior good luck 1000 stitch Japanese belt in outstanding condition.

This is a 1000 stitch coarse weave linen belt, with silk floss knots laid in rows and forming several Kanji characters.

There are a number of burnt orange color knots on the front and linked at the rear, as shown.  It is in one piece, it is shown right and left at the left to show better detail.

The condition is very good to near excellent throughout. There are some stains from wear and what may have been an injury or wound.

It measures 13 by 51 inches with 6 rows of knots on the top and bottom, and 3 columns of knots forming the sides, surrounding the central Kanji.  There is also a silk screened meatball insignia.

This is a superior good luck 1000 stitch Japanese belt in outstanding condition.

This is a 14 by 3-3/4 inch silk-screen printed linen armband, with red colored sun emblem and kanji on one side as shown.

The back is plain and unremarkable, except for some very fading small writing at the bottom edge.  It has been stitched to fit a sleeve, shown here

The condition is very good to near excellent, with some fading from exposure to the elements and time.

There are no rips or tears, other than some small holes in the wool, apparent in the image.

This is a HUGE 66 by 106 inch 75+ piece wool command flag with the 16 red and 16 white ray rising sun pattern.

The flag is identified to the Marine that captured the flag here and the hand finished machine stitching is apparent as well. This is a view of the other side.

The condition is very good to near excellent throughout. The original heavy hoist cord with complete and intact (uncut) loops is present. The corners of the hoist side are reinforced.

There are some minor stains and some small holes in the wool, apparent in the image.

This is a very difficult to find early Imperial Japanese flag.

This is a HUGE 68 by 106 inch 7 piece wool command flag with the 8 red and 8 white ray rising sun pattern.

This is a view of the other side.

The condition is generally very good, showing some signs of battle damage. A hoist cord is not present. The corners of the hoist side are reinforced.

There are some minor stains and some shrapnel holes in the wool, apparent in the image.

This is a very difficult to find early Imperial Japanese Flag Rank Officer's Headquarters flag.

This is a 17 by 29 inch silk-screen printed wool command flag with the 8-ray rising sun in reversed color pattern.

The flag is shown partially folded in order to show more detail here

The condition is very good to near excellent throughout. The original hemp cord is present.

There are no rips or stains, other than some small holes in the wool, apparent in the image.

This is a difficult to find early Imperial Japanese flag.

This is a 70 inch silk-screen printed wool commissioning pennant with admiral rank markings.

The condition is fair to good, with a number of significant holes the length of the pennant as apparent in the image.

This is a 29 by 35 inch silk-screen printed medium weight parachute silk flag with reinforcement tabs at the corners on the hoist side. This is a view of the other side.

The condition is near excellent, as apparent in the image.

This is a 26 by 36 inch silk-screen printed light weight parachute silk flag without tabs at the corners on the hoist side. This is a view of the other side.

The names are written in Japanese Kanji and English script.  The names are:

• Japan

• Tokyo

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

• Nagoya

• Kagoshima

• Osaka

• Kobe

• Atsugi

• Yokohama

• Sobudai

The condition is near excellent, as apparent in the image.

This is a 12-1/2 by 18 inch three-piece medium weight loose woven linen flag. This is a view of the other side.

The flag has separately applied central red disks on each side.

The condition is near excellent, as apparent in the image.

This is a 36 by 60 inch three-piece medium weight two ply cotton bunting flag. This is a view of the other side.  It is maker marked COMET BRAND JAPAN and 3' X 5' and content marked 2 Ply Cotton Bunting in English on the hoist. There are two brass grommets for attachment.

The flag has a separately applied central red disk on one side.

The condition is very good to near excellent, as apparent in the image.

This is a 7 by 10-1/2 inch printed wool flag with JAPAN on one side in English and no caption on the reverse side.

The condition is near good, with some damage at one corner as apparent in the image.

This is a 22 by 30 inch (approximately) silk-screen printed lightweight silk flag. Reflections on the image are from a (removable) plastic covering protecting the flag.

The condition is near relic, with tears and tattering as apparent in the image.

This is a very finely crafted deep enameled medal with kanji identification on the back. It features deep green and purple colors of deep baked enamels of the paulownia flower on a silver body.

It measures 30mm across the arms, and 45mm top of the ring to the bottom.

The back is shown here.

The condition is near excellent, showing some moderate tarnish from age. There is no ribbon present.