Yosegaki or Civilian Patriotic Flag?

[AZff]

Hello all! My name's Dakota I'm new to the forum but a long term collector of militaria. I've read through some posts and noticed many knowledgeable people here. Got my first imperial flag yesterday, and wanted to see what you all could deduce from it? I've done a fair bit of research on my own but being new I'd like all the opinions I could get. This flag is small, measuring out to be 10x13". Made of cotton. What I've noticed is some inconsistencies in the stitching, and around the edges of the meatball. It smells old. I did a black light test and didn't see anything concerning to me. I have this posted in another forum, and others have mentioned the kanji inscribed by the tie strings appear to be a woman's name. The staining has various depth, density, and color. What I'm curious on is if this flag could be period era correct? The small size concerns me as I've only found a couple examples of them being small like this, could it have been a gift from a wife or mother to their son to bring into battle? Is it more likely this would have been a civilian patriotic flag kept in country? I'm a history buff and love to learn, I appreciate all the input and opinions given to educate me

 

[nice gaijin]

Doesn't look like yosegaki at all to me, but I'm no expert.

the kanji section is upside-down... looks like it could be 仲村梅(?)實(?)子

It looks like a female's name (as 子 is a common ending for female names, particularly when they use three kanji). Nakamura is the surname... I'm not entirely sure of the third character but it looked like "plum" (梅) at first glance, and the 4th character I looked up by radical but I'm not sure about that one either.

 

[mdchachi]

Knowing next to nothing about these things I'd guess it was possibly produced by a student in a "home economics" class or as part of a school event. The sewing looks hand-sewn like a child might do. Although the writing of the name looks like an adult wrote it. It could easily pre-date WW2.

 

[Majestic]

Maybe 仲村柄實子 Nakamura Emiko.

 

[AZff]

Maybe 仲村柄實子 Nakamura Emiko.

Thank you, the name Nakamura Emiko was also just confirmed this evening through some Reddit and Facebook forums, very much appreciated

 

[AZff]

Doesn't look like yosegaki at all to me, but I'm no expert.

the kanji section is upside-down... looks like it could be 仲村梅(?)實(?)子

It looks like a female's name (as 子 is a common ending for female names, particularly when they use three kanji). Nakamura is the surname... I'm not entirely sure of the third character but it looked like "plum" (梅) at first glance, and the 4th character I looked up by radical but I'm not sure about that one either.
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Thank you for looking into it Nakamura Emiko seems to be the consensus, time for me to research !

 

[AZff]

Knowing next to nothing about these things I'd guess it was possibly produced by a student in a "home economics" class or as part of a school event. The sewing looks hand-sewn like a child might do. Although the writing of the name looks like an adult wrote it. It could easily pre-date WW2.

I appreciate the input! Pretty interesting to me

 

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

The flag direction is reversed in two points, front and back, top and bottom. You should set a flag that signature is the bottom left.

The first name is 柄實子 "Emiko" or 楠實子 "Namiko" maybe. 實 means a harvest or fruitfulness. 子 means a child.

柄 is not used as first name nowadays, but I don't know about olddays. 柄 means a pattern. Harvest pattern or Fruitfulness pattern? What does it mean in Japan?

楠 is used as first name rarely, and is a camphor tree in Japanese character. It means a late bloomer. Late bloomer and Harvest, I think it means a bountiful harvest in life.

柄實子 or 楠實子? or other name? Sorry, I can't read clearly.

The character 實 is a old font and is not used nowadays. 實 was used before World War II. And this flag was made more than 80 years ago surely.

NANGI