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The Rising Sun Flag (Japanese: 旭日 旗, Hepburn: 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]
Manhattanhenge, also called the Manhattan Solstice, [1] is an event during which the setting sun or the rising sun is aligned with the east–west streets of the main street grid of Manhattan, New York City. The astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson claims to have coined the term, by analogy with Stonehenge.
Both Hinomaru and the Rising Sun Flag (in background) are depicted. The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force use the Rising Sun Flag with eight red rays extending outward, called Hachijō-Kyokujitsuki (八条旭日旗). A gold border is situated partially around the edge. [117]
Like many folk songs, "The House of the Rising Sun" is of uncertain authorship. Musicologists say that it is based on the tradition of broadside ballads, and thematically it has some resemblance to the 16th-century ballad "The Unfortunate Rake" (also cited as source material for St. James Infirmary Blues), yet there is no evidence suggesting that there is any direct relation. [4]
The Order of the Rising Sun (旭日章, Kyokujitsu-shō) is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, [2] created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. [3] [4] The badge features rays of sunlight
Order of the Rising Sun: Awarded to persons for their meritorious service to the state or the public. 旭日大綬章 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun; 旭日重光章 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star; 旭日中綬章 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon; 旭日小綬章 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays ...
Rising Sun (sculpture), a work by Adolph Alexander Weinman for the 1915 international exposition of San Francisco Rising Sun (yacht) , owned by David Geffen Operation Rising Sun , a 1970s Cold War military intelligence program run by the Pakistani Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence
Richard is depicted as seated between a crescent and a "Sun full radiant" [1] A representation of the sun is used as a heraldic charge. The most usual form, often called sun in splendour or in his glory, consists of a round disc with the features of a human face surrounded by twelve or sixteen rays alternating wavy and straight.