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- Second World Warflag
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- Ainu People
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Description
Adopted 5 august 1854, confirmed 27 february 1870.
mark sensen - 1995-12-23
Second World War flag
Japan 1913 and 1941: the ensign is the same as today, white with a red disc
slightly to the hoist with rays (16 to be precise) extending from the disc
to the edges of the flag. The rays are the same as if the flag were gyrony
of 32 gules and argent.
nathan augustine - 1995-12-05
1870 Merchant flag
The Prime Minister's Proclamation No. 57 issued on January 27 in the 3rd Year
of Neiji (1870):
Regulations of Merchant Ship (abridged)
1. The national flag:
This shall not be removed and even a ferryboat shall keep it hoisted.
Hoist it at 8 a.m. every morning and haul it down at sunset every evening.
In case of non-hoisting of the national flag it is customary of the
international law that no plea is justified it treated as pirates.
2. The dimensions of the national flag:
The ratio of the hoist and fly 7:10.
The diameter os the disc: three fifth of the hoist length of the flag
locating in the center.
Regulated as above for strict observances.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Source: Japanese National flag - Japanese National symbol Marks. Tokyo: Kokki
Kyokai (National Flag Association), circa 1970. p. 3.
jos poels - 1996-01-18
Royal Standard
Red with a yellow 16 petaled chrysanthemum (or maybe one should say 32 petals because there are 16 more showing behing the first). Proportions are 2:3.
Josh Fruhlinger - 1996-04-08
Ainu People
Flag of Ainu Nation in Northern Japan.
ratio (probably) 2:3.
Searched by Juanjo Gonzalez.
No explanation about symbolism.
jaume olle - 1996-09-20