Man’s Underrobe (nagajuban) with Design of Assorted Military Crafts and Equipment and Flags of the Empire of Japan and the Empire of Manchukuo

This man’s underrobe (nagajuban) has a design of various military crafts and equipment, including infantry helmets, rifles, tanks, artillery guns, and fighter jets. These motifs are interspersed with flags of the Empire of Japan and the Empire of Manchukuo. Home to founders of the Chinese Qing dynasty, Manchuria became a short-lived puppet state of Japan, first known as Manchukuo or the Manchu State (1932–1934). Subsequently the region was known as the Great Empire of Manchukuo, or the Empire of Manchuria (1934–1945). The Manchukuo flag, used between 1932 and 1945, has a yellow field with red, blue, white, and black stripes. The flag’s canton, or top hoist corner, recalls the first flag of the Republic of China, which controlled Manchuria prior to the Japanese.