PRINTED AND HAND-PAINTED RICE PAPER AND BAMBOO JAPANESE UCHIWA. IT DEPICTS THE LEGEND OF MOMOTARO (PEACH BOY - THE STORY WAS WRITTEN DURING EDO PERIOD). ON THE FLAG WE CAN READ "NIHON" ("JAPAN", LAND OF RISING SUN). MOMOTARO ARRIVED ON THE EARTH INSIDE A PEACH WHICH WAS PICKED ALONG THE RIVER BY AN OLD CHILDLESS WOMAN. AFTER A FEW YEARS MOMOTARO LEFT HIS PARENTS TO GO TO ONIGASHIMA ISLE TO DESTROY THE ONI (DEMONS). ALONG THE WALK HE BECOMES FRIEND OF A TALKING DOG, MONKEY AND PHEASANT WHO AGREED TO HELP HIM IN HIS QUEST. 1950 CA. CM. 28 X 14.