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The national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner bearing a crimson-red circle at its center. This flag is officially called the Nisshōki (日章旗, 'flag of the sun'), but is more commonly known in Japan as the Hinomaru (日の丸, 'Ball of the sun'). It embodies the country's sobriquet: the Land of the Rising Sun .
A horizontal bicolour of red and white. 1641–1854: Flag used in Dejima: A horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue. 1603–1868: Naval ensign of the Tokugawa Shogunate. A bicolour flag consisting of three bands; white, black, and white. 1905–1910: Flag of the Resident General of Korea. A blue ensign with the Flag of Japan in the canton ...
Naval Ensign of Japan. The Rising Sun Flag ( 旭日 旗, Kyokujitsu-ki) is a Japanese flag that consists of a red disc and sixteen red rays emanating from the disc. [1] Like the Japanese national flag, the Rising Sun Flag symbolizes the Sun. The flag was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868 CE). [2]
Flags emblazoned with seals, coats of arms, and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields. The color of text is almost entirely ignored. Colors related to the two metals of European heraldry (gold and white) are sorted first. The five major colors of European heraldry (black, red
Mount Fuji. De facto National sport. Sumo. Sumo. Flag of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Rising Sun Flag. Naval Ensign of Japan. Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Japan Self-Defense Forces.
Flags of Japanese prefectures. Each modern Japanese prefecture has a unique flag, most often a bicolour geometric highly stylised design ( mon ), often incorporating the characters of the Japanese writing system and resembling minimalistic company logos. A distinct feature of these flags is that they use a palette of colours not usually found ...
(red flag, charged with yellow canton stars in the top left corner, colors reminiscent of the Flag of the Qing dynasty and the Flag of the Republic of China) Flag of Japan (white flag, charged with a centered red circular disc representing the sun, embodying the name Land of the Rising Sun )
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