Japanese Maritime Advertisement Banner

$850 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Tokyo: n.d. ca. 1900 . Large oblong broadside, approx. 52 x 20 , text in Japanese, with red and brown accents including anchors at the four corners, a chain-link border, and seventeen private signal flags representing vessels for various shipping insurances, companies, and services. Light soiling and wrinkling, small tears along the edges without significant loss. Overall, a striking turn-of-the-century banner. Very good. An advertisement for Japanese shipping, warehouse, and trading

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