Comfort bag

Comfort bag (慰問袋, imon-bukuro) was a gift packet prepared by civilians to be sent to Imperial Japanese Military soldiers for the purpose of encouraging them.

The bag contains comfort articles (慰問品, imon-hin) not issued by the Japanese Military, such as toiletries, dried fruits, canned foods, and letters of encouragement.

The dolls provided a reference of the feminine, promoting ideas of heterosexuality and served to remind the soldiers of the Japanese women back at home.

[9] These comfort women quickly came to serve a similar function to the dolls they made, because they offered a glimpse of the feminine for the soldiers fighting on the front lines.

Similarly to the dolls and the comfort bags, the women were described as "imperial gifts" by the Japanese government, and were meant to serve as a reward for the men's contributions in the war.

[14] Similarly another account describes a Japanese soldier telling his wife back in Japan that he was romantically involved with a Korean comfort woman.