The Japanese patriotic labels are of the most beautiful and colorful labels that I have

My first Chinese language lesson (An amazingly beautiful artistic Japanese label indeed)

 and of course 4 other versions of this lovely label (not mine...):

The worms have visited this labels...

The Japanese Warriors - themes associated with Wars, Military, Patriotism etc. are very popular among the collectors of Japanese labels

The Samurai

Samurai (侍?), usually referred to in Japanese as bushi (武士?, [bu͍ꜜ.ɕi̥]) or buke (武家?), were the military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany persons in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau. In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean "those who serve in close attendance to the nobility," the pronunciation in Japanese changing to saburai. According to Wilson, an early reference to the word "samurai" appears in the Kokin Wakashū (905–914), the first imperial anthology of poems, completed in the first part of the 10th century (wikipedia - all right reserved).

 

 

The Japanese War Officers

How can an officer win the war with a baby in his hands?



Some beautiful Patriotic and other themes "Find the differences" Japanese labels were added to my collection lately...

The Pole Jumpers

I really don't know if it was some kind of a game or something else, but it was sure a Japanese/Chinese motif, cause it can be seen on more that one label.

I have 2 of them:

but there are more out there...that I wish to have:

Some more "Find the differences" sets were added recently to my collection

Same label - different colors and different turn of the Globe

on the left side - "the five colors flag" of old China.
On the right side the "Sun flag" of old Japan

The Lettering Monkey

The Roundabout - 2 versions

The Egyptian Monkey

The Patriotic Globed Elephant with the "Five colors flag" of old China in his trunk

And now, a very special Japanese label, that I dreamed about for a long long time - The Patroitic Carp Riders

And this one is an old interesting version that I wish to have some day :

Flags, Flags, Flags

On top: The old Chinese five color flag.
Downward: The flags of Japan and 2 nice Rabbits
climbing on them.

The flags of Japan

...And now, a very nice label that I really love! - The Patriotic Anti-aircraft machine gun shooter

The Chinese Revolution of the people

The man in the middle of this lovely labels should be Mr Sun who led the revolution of the people, which ended the "Ching" dynasties and started the republic of china.

In the middle the letters 共和 mean "Republic",  and the other Chinese words mean "Celebrating the republic country that was born" .

Translted by Mr. Slash Wang from Hong Kong. (Thank you again Slash).

One beautiful Japanese patriotic label with many versions

This is mine:



My hat...my hat

But here again photos of 5 other versions that I found on the internet, and I am sure there are many  other out there...This world of the Japanese matchbox labels was so vast, it's amazing.



Red version

Colored version, different bomb and soldier

Coloured version, different bomb and soldier

An airplane with a flag, red version



An airplane with a flag, yellow version

With the 5 colors flag of old China

More various "Find the differences" Japanese old labels - Military, Navy, Automobiles, Elephants, Bats, Patriotics

Two old Japanese c1900s matchbox label depicting an officer & his crew

The Swedish source: