Our good friend Tomizawa-san advises the literal and contextual meaning of the caption “the way to dazzling East Asia” during the imperialist era of 1931-1945. Doesn’t it look like it could be any military family anywhere? The artist may be Riichiro Kawashima, internationally active at that time. Meanwhile, it’s an unused card, normally aged, and of course you can see the flags in there.  Grade: 2