This is a list of Japanese flags, past and present. Historically, each ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...
'' had his own flag. ''(See
sashimono
''Sashimono'' (指物, 差物, 挿物) were small banners historically worn by soldiers in feudal Japan, for identification during battles.
Description
Sashimono poles were attached to the backs of the chest armor (''dō'') by special fittings. ...
and
uma-jirushi
were massive flags used in feudal Japan to identify a ''daimyō'' or equally important military commander on the field of battle. They came into prominence during the Sengoku period. While many were simply large flags, not very different from ''s ...
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National flags
Imperial flags
Governmental flags
Military flags
Self-Defense Force and Imperial Army/Navy
Japan Coast Guard
Historical flags
Daimyō Banners present in old paintings
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Ankokuji Ekei
, he was a military monk and descendant of the Takeda clan of Aki province. He served Mōri clan and later Toyotomi clan.
Biography
Although it is certain that he was from the Aki Takeda clan, there are various theories about his birth year and ...
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Ankokuji Ekei
, he was a military monk and descendant of the Takeda clan of Aki province. He served Mōri clan and later Toyotomi clan.
Biography
Although it is certain that he was from the Aki Takeda clan, there are various theories about his birth year and ...
Arima Naozumi
was a Japanese samurai lord who was daimyo of Shimabara Domain and head of the Hizen-Arima clan.
Biography
Naozumi was born at Hinoe Castle in Shimabara, in 1586, the first son of daimyo Arima Harunobu, who was a Kirishitan. He was baptiz ...
Date Hidemune
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. He was the eldest son of Date Masamune, born in 1591 by Shinzo no Kata (a concubine). Coming of age while living with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he received a character from Hideyoshi's name and took ...
Date Masamune
was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful ''daimyō'' in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all ...
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Date Masamune
was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful ''daimyō'' in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all ...
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Date Masamune
was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful ''daimyō'' in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all ...
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Doi Toshikatsu
was a top-ranking official in Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during its early decades, and one of the chief advisors to the second Tokugawa shōgun, Hidetada.
The adopted son of Doi Toshimasa, Toshikatsu is generally believed to be the biological ...
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Doi Toshikatsu
was a top-ranking official in Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during its early decades, and one of the chief advisors to the second Tokugawa shōgun, Hidetada.
The adopted son of Doi Toshimasa, Toshikatsu is generally believed to be the biological ...
Hachisuka Iemasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Iemasa, the son of Hachisuka Masakatsu or ''Koroku'', was the founder of the Tokushima Domain. He was one of some daimyo who have bad terms with Ishida Mitsunari.
His father was a retainer ...
File:Hayashi Katsumasa Personal Standard; Terazawa Katasaka (1609-1647) Banner.jpg, Hayashi Katsumasa
File:Honda Masatomo Battle Standard; Mori Nagatsugu (1610-1698) Banner.jpg, Honda Masatomo
File:Hori Naoyori Battle Standards.jpg, Hori Naoyori
File:Hoshina Masayuki (1611-1673) Banner and Large Battle Standard.jpg, Hoshina Masayuki
File:Hoshina Masayuki Battle Standard; Arima Toyouji (1569-1642) Banner.jpg, Hoshina Masayuki
File:Hosokawa Mitsunao (1619-1650) Battle Standard; Baba Toshishige (?-1657) Personal Standard.jpg,
Hosokawa Mitsunao
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. His childhood name was Rokumaru (六丸).
Family
* Father: Hosokawa Tadatoshi
* Mother: Chiyohime (1597–1649)
* Wife: Shojōin, daughter of Karasuma Mitsukata
* Concubines:
** Seitai-in
** Sh ...
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Hosokawa Tadaoki
was a Japanese samurai warrior of the late Sengoku period and early Edo period. He was the son of Hosokawa Fujitaka with Numata Jakō, and he was the husband of a famous Christian convert (Kirishitan), Hosokawa Gracia. For most of his life, he ...
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Hosokawa Tadatoshi
was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Hosokawa Tadatoshi"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 359 細川忠利at ''Nihon jinmei daijiten''; retrieved 2013-5-29. He was the head of Kumamoto Domain ...
Ii Naotaka
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period who served under the Tokugawa shogunate. He was the son of the famous Tokugawa general Ii Naomasa. His childhood name was Bennosuke (弁之介).
Naotaka served in the Siege of Osaka in his brot ...
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Ikeda Mitsumasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003).html" ;"title="DF 18 of 80">"Ikeda" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 14 Inoue Masatsugu
File:Ishida Mitsunari (1560-1600) Banner and Battle Standard.jpg, Katō Akinari
File:Kato Kiyomasa (1562-1611) Banner and Battle Standard.jpg, Kuroda Tadayuki
File:Kuroda Tadayuki Battle Standard; Kato Akinari (1592-1661) Banner.jpg, Kuroda Tadayuki
File:Kuroda Nagamasa Battle Standard; Kuroda Takamasa Battle Standard.jpg, Kyōgoku Takatsugu
File:Makino Narizumi Personal Standard; Matsukura Katsuie (1597-1638) Banner.jpg, Makino Narizumi
File:Matsudaira (Ikeda) Tadakatsu (1602-1632) Banner and Battle Standard.jpg, Matsudaira Tadakatsu
File:Matsudaira Chikatoki Large Battle Standards.jpg, Matsudaira Chikatoki
File:Matsudaira Mitsunaga Large Battle Standards.jpg, Matsudaira Mitsunaga
File:Matsudaira Naomasa Battle Standards.jpg, Matsudaira Naomasa
File:Matsudaira Naonori Battle Standards.jpg, Matsudaira Naonori
File:Matsudaira Nobutsuna Banner and Battle Standard.jpg, Matsudaira Nobutsuna
File:Matsudaira Nobutsuna Battle Standard; Matsudaira Terutsuna (1620-1672) Battle Standard.jpg, Matsudaira Nobutsuna
File:Matsudaira Shigenao (1601-1643) Battle Standard; Arima Naozumi (1586-1641) Banner.jpg, Matsudaira Shigenao
File:Matsudaira Tadaaki (1583-1644) Banner and Battle Standard.jpg, Matsudaira Tadaaki
File:Matsudaira Tadaaki Battle Standard; Matsudaira Naonori (1642-1695) Banner.jpg, Matsudaira Tadaaki
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Matsudaira Tadamasa
was an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and ''daimyō''. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Matsudaira" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 30 retrieved 2013-4-9.
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Matsudaira Tadamasa
was an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and ''daimyō''. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Matsudaira" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 30 retrieved 2013-4-9.
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Matsukura Katsuie
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. As the son of Matsukura Shigemasa, Katsuie was notorious for suppressing Catholics in his domain, setting high taxation and assigning intensive labour to its peasants, later causing the Shimabara ...
File:Mizuno Katsunari Banner and Battle Standard.jpg, Mizuno Katsunari
File:Mizuno Katsunari Battle Standard; Inoue Masashige (1585-1661) Personal Standard.jpg, Mizuno Katsunari
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Mōri Hidemoto
was a senior retainer of the Toyotomi clan throughout the latter Sengoku period of feudal Japan.
Hidemoto was the eldest son of Mōri Motokiyo and initially began service under the Toyotomi as a military commander under his cousin Terumoto, ...
Mōri Hidenari
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period, who ruled the Chōshū Domain.
Family
*Father: Mōri Terumoto (1553–1625)
*Wife: Kisahime (1598–1655) daughter of Yūki Hideyasu and adopted daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada
was the s ...
Nabeshima Katsushige
(December 4, 1580 – May 7, 1657) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Born to Nabeshima Naoshige, he became lord of Saga-''han''.
Biography
Katsushige was born in Saga, the son of Nabeshima Naoshige. At the time, Naoshige was a ...
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Nabeshima Katsushige
(December 4, 1580 – May 7, 1657) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Born to Nabeshima Naoshige, he became lord of Saga-''han''.
Biography
Katsushige was born in Saga, the son of Nabeshima Naoshige. At the time, Naoshige was a ...
File:Nabeshima Motoshige (1602-1654) Battle Standard; Sakakibara Motonao (1586-1648) Personal Standard.jpg, Nabeshima Motoshige
File:Nabeshima Tadanao (1613-1635) Banner and Battle Standard.jpg, Nabeshima Tadanao
File:Nabeshima Tadanao Battle Standard; Date Masamune (1567-1636) Large Battle Standard.jpg, Nabeshima Tadanao
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Nagai Naomasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Uruido, Koga and Yodo Domains. The eldest son of Nagai Naokatsu, he fought at the Battle of Sekigahara and the siege of Osaka. During the Shimabara Rebellion he was assigned to defend K ...
Niwa Nagahide
, also known as Gorōzaemon (五郎左衛門), his other legal alias was Hashiba Echizen no Kami (羽柴越前守), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as senior retainer to the O ...
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Niwa Nagahide
, also known as Gorōzaemon (五郎左衛門), his other legal alias was Hashiba Echizen no Kami (羽柴越前守), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as senior retainer to the O ...
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Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
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Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
Oda Nobutaka
was a samurai and member of the Oda clan. He was adopted as the head of the Kanbe clan, which ruled the middle region of Ise Province and so he was also called Kanbe Nobutaka (神戸信孝).
Biography
Nobutaka was born as the third son of Oda ...
File:Ogasawara Governor of Inaba Battle Standard; Ogasa Nagatsugu Battle Standard.jpg, Ogasawara Nagatsugu
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Ogasawara Tadazane
was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Early life
Tadazane was the son of (1569–1615) with Toku-hime, daughter of Matsudaira Nobuyasu and granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He married Kamehime, daughter of Honda Tadamasa ...
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Ogasawara Tadazane
was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Early life
Tadazane was the son of (1569–1615) with Toku-hime, daughter of Matsudaira Nobuyasu and granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He married Kamehime, daughter of Honda Tadamasa ...
Ogasawara Tadazane
was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Early life
Tadazane was the son of (1569–1615) with Toku-hime, daughter of Matsudaira Nobuyasu and granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He married Kamehime, daughter of Honda Tadamasa ...
Sakai Tadakatsu
was a Sengoku period Japanese samurai, and early Edo period ''daimyō'' and served in several important positions within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. Papinot, Edmund. (2003)''Nobiliare du Japon'' Sakai. pp. 50–51
Biography
Ta ...
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Sakai Tadakiyo
, also known as Uta-no-kami, Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1999) ''Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed,'' p. 442./ref> was a ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) in Kōzuke Province, and a high-ranking government advisor and official in the Tokugawa shogu ...
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Satake Yoshinobu
was a ''daimyō'' in Sengoku period and early Edo period Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate and the 19th head of the Satake clan and 1st ''daimyō'' of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province. His courtesy title was '' Sakonoeshōshō'', later '' Uky ...
Satake Yoshinobu
was a ''daimyō'' in Sengoku period and early Edo period Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate and the 19th head of the Satake clan and 1st ''daimyō'' of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province. His courtesy title was '' Sakonoeshōshō'', later '' Uky ...
Shibata Katsuie
or was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period.
He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his trusted generals, was severely wounded in the 1571 first siege of Nagashima, but then fought in the 1575 Battle of Nagashino an ...
Shimazu Yoshihiro
was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of Shimazu Yoshihisa. Traditionally believed to be the 17th head of the Shimazu clan, he was a skilled general during the Sengoku period who greatly contributed to the unification o ...
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Sō Yoshitoshi
was a Sō clan ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the domain of Tsushima on Tsushima Island at the end of Japan's Sengoku period, and into the Edo period. His name is sometimes read as Yoshitomo.Papinot, Jacques. (2003)''Nobiliare du Japon'' -- Sō ...
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Tachibana Muneshige The term has at least two different meanings, and has been used in several contexts.
People
* – a clan of ''kuge'' (court nobles) prominent in the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185)
* – a clan of ''daimyō'' (feudal lords) prominent in the Mu ...
Tachibana Muneshige The term has at least two different meanings, and has been used in several contexts.
People
* – a clan of ''kuge'' (court nobles) prominent in the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185)
* – a clan of ''daimyō'' (feudal lords) prominent in the Mu ...
File:Tachibana Tadashige Battle Standard; Ishitani Sadakiyo Personal Standard.jpg, Tachibana Tadashige
File:Terazawa Katataka Battle standard; Nabeshima Katsushige (1580-1657) Banner.jpg, Terazawa Katataka
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Toda Kazuaki
was a samurai in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu. In 1601, Ieyasu gave Kazuaki the fiefdom of Zeze (30,000 koku) in Omi
is a hereditary noble title ('' kabane'') of ancient Japan. It was given to the descendants of the Imperial Family before Em ...
Toda Kazuaki
was a samurai in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu. In 1601, Ieyasu gave Kazuaki the fiefdom of Zeze (30,000 koku) in Omi
is a hereditary noble title ('' kabane'') of ancient Japan. It was given to the descendants of the Imperial Family before Em ...
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Toda Ujikane
was a Japanese ''daimyō.''
In 1617, he helped build the Amagasaki Castle
was a flatland type Japanese castle located in the city of Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The castle was the headquarters of Amagasaki Domain, which ruled this ...
File:Toda Ujinobu (1600-1681) Battle Standard; Toda Nagashige (1547-1651).jpg, Toda Ujinobu
File:Todo Takatora (1556-1630) Banner and Large Battle Standard.jpg,
Tōdō Takatora
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of Tōdō clan from the Azuchi–Momoyama to Edo periods. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru (a light foot soldier) to become a ''daimyō''.
Biography
During his lifetime he changed his feudal m ...
Tōdō Takatora
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of Tōdō clan from the Azuchi–Momoyama to Edo periods. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru (a light foot soldier) to become a ''daimyō''.
Biography
During his lifetime he changed his feudal m ...
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Tokugawa Hidetada
was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Early life (1579–1593)
Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...
Tokugawa Hidetada
was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Early life (1579–1593)
Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...
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Tokugawa Yorifusa
, also known as Mito Yorifusa, was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Biography
Known in his childhood as Tsuruchiyomaru (鶴千代丸), he was the eleventh son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun with his concubine, Ka ...
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Tokugawa Yorinobu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Born under the name Nagatomimaru (長福丸), he was the 10th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, by his concubine Kageyama-dono. On December 8, 1603, Yorinobu received the fief of Mito, then rated at 20 ...
Tokugawa Yorinobu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Born under the name Nagatomimaru (長福丸), he was the 10th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, by his concubine Kageyama-dono. On December 8, 1603, Yorinobu received the fief of Mito, then rated at 20 ...
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Tokugawa Yoshinao
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Biography
Born the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu with his concubine, Okame no Kata. His childhood name was Gorōtamaru (五郎太丸). While still a young child, he was appointed leader of ...
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Toyotomi Hidetsugu
was a daimyō during the Sengoku period of Japan. He was the nephew and retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the unifier and ruler of Japan from 1590 to 1598. Despite being Hideyoshi's closest adult, male relative, Hidetsugu was accused of atrocities ...
Toyotomi Hidetsugu
was a daimyō during the Sengoku period of Japan. He was the nephew and retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the unifier and ruler of Japan from 1590 to 1598. Despite being Hideyoshi's closest adult, male relative, Hidetsugu was accused of atrocities ...
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
Tsutsui Junkei
son of Tsutsui Junshō, and a ''daimyō'' of the province of Yamato. On 1571, Junkei, through the offices of Akechi Mitsuhide, pledged to service of Oda Nobunaga.
Military life
Early in his career, in 1565, Matsunaga Hisahide, one of the most ...
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Uesugi Kagekatsu
was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' during the Sengoku and Edo periods. He was the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagetora’s brother in law.
Early life and rise
Kagekatsu was the son of Nagao Masakage, the head of the Ueda Nagao c ...
Ukita Hideie
was the ''daimyō'' of Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces (modern Okayama Prefecture), and one of the council of Five Elders appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Son of Ukita Naoie, he married Gōhime, a daughter of Maeda Toshiie. Having fought again ...
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Yamauchi Kazutoyo
, also spelled Yamanouchi (1545/1546? – November 1, 1605). He was retainer of Oda Nobunaga and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His father Yamauchi Moritoyo, was a descendant of Fujiwara no Hidesato, a senior retainer of the Iwakura Oda clan (op ...
Minorities
Cultural flags
Prefectural flags
Each modern
prefecture
A prefecture (from the Latin ''Praefectura'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international ...
has a unique flag, most often a bicolour geometric highly stylised design ('' mon''), often incorporating the letters of
Japanese writing system
The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana. Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalised Japanese wo ...
and resembling company logos. A distinct feature of these flags is that they use a palette of colours not usually found in flags, including
orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
* ...
,
purple
Purple is any of a variety of colors with hue between red and blue. In the RGB color model used in computer and television screens, purples are produced by mixing red and blue light. In the RYB color model historically used by painters, pu ...
, aquamarine and brown.
Some prefectures also have alternative official flags called . They may be used on less formal occasions. Famous symbol flags include the one used in Tokyo.
Municipal flags
Most
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
have unique flags. Like prefectural flags, most of them are with a bicolour geometric highly stylized symbol, often incorporating Japanese characters.
References
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