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2. Sashimono - Wikipedia

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   A variation that is often bigger and coloured is the uma-jirushi, which were large, personalized, sashimono-like flags worn by commanders. Similar to this were the very large and narrow nobori banners, which commonly took two or three men to hold erect and were used to control the direction of fighting during large battles.

3. Heraldic flag - Wikipedia

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   Banners of Knights of the Thistle displayed in St. Giles' Cathedral. In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is a flag containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification. Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, and pinsels. Specifications governing ...

4. History of flags - Wikipedia

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   The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.

5. List of Japanese flags - Wikipedia

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   A distinct feature of these flags is that they use a palette of colours not usually found in flags, including orange, purple, aquamarine and brown. Some prefectures also have alternative official flags called "symbol flags" (シンボル旗). They may be used on less formal occasions. Famous symbol flags include the one used in Tokyo.

6. Illinoisans can soon pick which banner should be state’s new flag

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   (The Center Square) – Illinoisans will soon have the chance to vote for a new state flag, and it could be the current flag, one of two other previous state flags or one of 10 finalists. The ...

7. Military communication in feudal Japan - Wikipedia

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   Sashimono were small rectangular banners worn on the backs of ashigaru, or common soldiers. They typically featured the mon of their daimyō or clan, and used colors to denote units or divisions. Banners at the Procession of a Thousand Warriors, Nikkō Tōshō-gū. Jirushi, various flags or banners used as a means of identification.