kobayashi watch shop

Personal gifts from the Emperor of Korea created and presented in analogy with Japanese ones during the period 1897-1910. Silver, silt. Size 75 mm. Height 27 mm. Weight 114 g. Gilded Imperial Seal of Korea (a.k.a. Ihwamun) in the center. It was originally the emblem of the royal family and was...

Kobayashi Watch Shop was operated in Tokyo from the mid-19th century until 1943, producing watches, silverware, badges and jewelry. It was also among suppliers of the Imperial Household Ministry and various government agencies. Standard workshop labels. Typical workshop marks. 純銀 -...

Karafuto Agency, from 1943 Karafuto Prefecture /Japanese: 樺太庁, Karafuto-chō later 樺太県, Karafuto-ken/, commonly known as South Sakhalin, was a colony of the Empire of Japan on Sakhalin from 1907 to 1943 and later a prefecture until 1945. Karafuto became a territory of the Empire of Japan in 1905...