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| FLAGS ON CUPS |
| One of the most common images on military sake cups is a flag. Along with the two Japanese flags, many other appear as well. Here is a quick ID guide for various flags. If you have any others, please allow me to put on picture on this site! |
| Imperial Guard flags |
| Royal family flag? This cup celebrates the 25th Wedding Anniversary of the Taisho Emperor |
| Puppet state of Manchuria flag |
| Medical Unit flag |
| Military Academy flag, 10-pointed double star |
| IJN: naval flag |
| Once in a while you can find an American flag on cups. These usually date from the 1910s and 1920s, when relations were not so frosty. This cup is interesting because it not only has an American flag, it is also a named warship cup. The ship is the Izumo, which probably made a stop in an American port. The kanji says 'DISPATCH TO AMERICA.' |
| 3rd Battalion flag |
| This cup is from late 1940 and commemorates Sino-Japanese cooperation in the form of the reconstructed Nationalist Gov't at Nanking under Dr. Wang. It is the successor to the cups with the Japanese flag and the five-striped Chinese republic flag. Thanks for the info, Mike! |
| The multi-colored flag is the flag used for the Japanese puppet states of Beijing and Hopei. |
| A man holding a Manchurian flag, within which is written 'Do Your Best, Countrymen, and Protect Manchuria!' 22nd Field Artillery cup |
| 1st Battalion flag |
| ??? |
| \Inscribed 'China Incident Commemorative'. \ |
| 2nd Battalion flag. |