The Japanese war fan (and other look a like fans)

The Japanese war fan

Antique Japanese (samurai) Edo period gunsen war fan

A war fan is a fan designed for use in warfare. Several types of war fans were used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Kunoichi (female ninja) used them also. They are also referred to as tessen (鉄扇, literally "iron fan(s)"). War fans were commonly used as surprise-weapons.  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Read more...

More Swastika Japanese labels were added recently to my collection

The Turkish violinist (I love his red trousers... :) )

A wise Chinese man once told me that if I eat fish,
I'll lose my wings, so I never eat fish

More Japanese labels with a green Swastika background

 

The Swastika in Japan

We can often see the swastika symbol in Japan. Does this mean that Japan is fascist and anti-semite? I guess that you understand that asking the question is answering it. It is true that Japan was an ally of Hitler during the second world war but it had no connections with Jewish people whatsoever (except some legends claiming that a tribe of Israelites ended up in Japan) so they didn't have any connection with the anti-semite movement.

Read more: http://www.japanese-buddhism.com/swastika.html#ixzz1rAeMMEz0