Kita Nippon Kisen K.K. / North Japan Steamship — historical source panel

The FOTW illustration, derived from a design dated 1916, has equal bands. Talbot-Booth’s funnel markings likewise have equal widths, but the top white band on the black funnel continues across rather than breaking.

No assertion of legal continuity with Kitanihon-Oi or identical postwar use.