Rising Sun Flag - Wikipedia
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]
List of Japanese flags - Wikipedia
Civil and state flag and ensign of the Empire of Japan, and the Japanese state. Flag ratio: 7:10. Disc is shifted 1% towards the hoist (left). This flag was designated by Proclamation No. 57, 1870. Hinomaru with a red horizontal bar placed in the center of the flag.
Imperial Japanese Navy - Wikipedia
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun ⓘ 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.
JAPAN NAVAL FLAGS 1897-1945 - Tripod
NAVAL ENSIGNS & FLAGS • 1897-1945 : The national flag of the Empire of Japan, known as the Hinomaru ("Sun Disc"), was adopted at the time of the Meiji Restoration. On its white field it bears the mon (heraldic badge) of the state, a scarlet sun.
The Kyokujitsuki is widely recognized as Japan’s naval ensign, as it was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the modern JMSDF. In fact, it originated as the flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).
• Special Navy Number Flags (Sujiki): The Number Flag set consisted of ten navy special flags unique to the IJN that represented the numbers 0-9. • International Letter Writing Flags (Mojiki): The International Roman alphabet (Romaji)
Military flags - Axis History Forum
2009年12月7日 · The IJN adopted the rising sun flag (hinomaru, sun disc, offset on a white field with sixteen rays) as the naval ensign in 1889. The Army, adopted a "similar but not identical design, with purple fringe," as a military flag.