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Symbol Image References Flag: Flag of Japan: Hinomaru: Crest: Imperial Seal of Japan (Chrysanthemum morifolium) Imperial Seal of Japan: National anthem: Kimigayo 君が代 Kimigayo: Government Seal: Government Seal of Japan Government Seal of Japan: National butterfly: Great purple emperor (Sasakia charonda) Great purple emperor: National tree ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of Japan (4 C, 11 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Japan" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The kosode was worn in Japan as common, everyday dress from roughly the Kamakura period (1185–1333) until the latter years of the Edo period (1603–1867), at which a point its proportions had diverged to resemble those of modern-day kimono; it was also at this time that the term kimono, meaning "thing to wear on the shoulders", first came ...
There is a general reluctance in Japan to allow a historical analysis of the regalia as such an assessment could potentially "de-mythologize" the items. [15] Scholars consider the imperial regalia to represent the fusion of Japan's ancient indigenous groups with new arrivals. [17]
Mount Fuji and sakura (cherry blossoms) are national symbols of Japan. The Japanese archipelago is located to the east of the Asian continent. Japan is regarded as the most eastern Asian country, because east of Japan is the vast Pacific Ocean. Minamitorishima is Japan's easternmost island. Thus Japan is the land where the sun rises before the ...
A torii gateway to the Yobito Shrine (Yobito-jinja) in Abashiri City, HokkaidoThere is no universally agreed definition of Shinto. [2] According to Joseph Cali and John Dougill, if there was "one single, broad definition of Shinto" that could be put forward, it would be that "Shinto is a belief in kami", the supernatural entities at the centre of the religion. [3]
The Symbol of the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都のシンボルマーク, Tōkyō-to no Shinboru Māku) was adopted on June 1, 1989, under the Metropolitan Announcement No. 577 (告示第577号). The design was selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symbol Selection Committee ( 東京都シンボルマーク選考委員会 ) from 20 candidates.
The famous torii at Itsukushima Shrine. A torii (Japanese: 鳥居, ) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred, [1] and a spot where kami are welcomed and thought to travel through.