Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Japan Flag History

By Marcus Stam


Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time.

Such is the seminal creation myth of Japan. More certainly, humans were present in Japan at least 200, 000 years ago, though the earliest human remains go back only 30, 000 years or so. Till around the end of the last Ice Age some 15, 000 years ago, Japan was linked to the continent by a number of landbridges â€" Siberia to the north, Korea to the west and probably China through Taiwan to the south â€" so access was not difficult.

The first verifiable emperor was Suijin (died around 318), very likely of the Yamato clan, though some scholars think he may have been a leader of a group of ‘horse-riders’ who appear to have come into Japan around the start of the 4th century from the Korean peninsula.

The flag of Japan is formally called Nisshoki meaning sun-mark flag but it is generally known as Hinomaru meaning “sun disc”. It has a plain white rectangular filled with a red circle in the center. The red circle represents the sun. This flag is known as the sun-disc flag and was known as the default national flag even before a law regarding a national flag was established.

The Japanese flag is white with a deep red disc in the center. Japan's location to the east of Asia, from the direction the sun rises, helped Japan earn the nickname, "Land of the Rising Sun." This nickname is reflected in the nation's flag, the sun represented by the red disc.

In the years of American control of Japan, the usage of the sun-circle banner was compelled and later the confinements were facilitated. In early Japanese history, the image of Hinomaru was used by daimyos and samurais as a part of their standards. Amid Meiji Restoration, the Hinomaru, and the Rising Sun Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy was the key seals of the Japanese realm. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Japanese Flag for the future.




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