Scroll by Prince Konoe Fumimaro - Very Rare.

PRINCE KONOE FUMIMARO WAS THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN  PRE WW11 AND THEN ALSO AGAIN DURING WW11 / 1943.
 
PRINCE KONOE FUMIMARO TRIED TO STOP THE WW11 BEFORE IT BEGAN BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
AFTER WW11 AN ARREST WARRANT {1945} WAS ISSUED FOR SUSPICION OF BEING A WAR  CRIMINAL.  PRINCE KONOE FUMIMARO TOOK HIS LIFE TO AVOID A TRIAL. 

PRINCE KONOE FUMIMARO WAS THE NEPHEW  TO  EMPEROR HIROHITO AND WHEN HIROHITO PAST ON, PRINCE KONOE FUMIMARO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NEXT EMPEROR OF JAPAN. 

BORN : OCT.12,1891  
DECEASED: DEC.16,1945    
NAME KONOE ITSELF MEANS - IMPERIAL GUARD.    
For more information on Konoe Fumimaro click on the following link -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumimaro_Konoe#Konoe.27s_final_term.2C_attempts_to_avoid_war_with_the_United_States

SCROLL ARTIST: PRINCE FUMIMARO KONOE / { CALLIGRAPHY }
The scroll:  Bankoku do Koufu  (Emperor's wind spreads thousands of countries.)                         Fumimaro Kaku (Written by Fumimaro)

The right side 2 stamps are: 1 Fujiwara Fumimaro 2 Koshaku (a prince).
The label on the wooden box: Koshaku Konoe Fumimaro On Shocho (Written by prince Konoe  Fumimaro) Iwase Shunkodo Kinsei  (The scroll was made by Iwase Shunkodo.)