Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "Japan's First Military Revolver: the S&W No.3" video.

  1. I'm pretty sure the reason why these revolvers (and other Japanese military pistols) aren't stamped with the chrysanthemum is that they were (as was typical in the Western militaries that Japan was copying) the personal property of an officer, who had to pay with his own money for a handgun. Whereas rifles were the Emperor's property, and issued temporarily to his soldiers, and thus stamped with his chrysanthemum. While those postal service S&W No.2 revolvers were the Emperor's property, and thus carried his chrysanthemum.
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  2. ​ @l0rf  Even ignoring the semi-mythical portions of their family tree, the historically verifiable reigns start with Emperor Kinmei in 539 AD. And every emperor since has been a direct descendant of him.
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