Flag of Tokyo
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
|---|---|
| Adopted | October 1, 1964 |
| Design | A white Metropolitan Crest on an Edo purple background. |
| Designed by | Hiromoto Watanabe (emblem) |
The city of Tokyo has two official flags, featuring each emblem.
Metropolitan crest[change]
The Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). was adopted on November 2, 1943, under the Metropolitan Announcement No. 464 (告示第464号). It is same as the crest of the former Tokyo City, decided by the city council in December 1889. It is believed to be designed by Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value)., an alderman of the city.
The crest shows a six-rayed sun (which, as a red-filled circle without rays or a dot, is in the center of the national flag of Japan), with a dot in the center representing Tokyo as the metaphorical center of Japan. As with most other prefectural crests in Japan, its color is not designated. The crest can also be interpreted as a version of the kanji 京 (kyō) of 東京 (Tokyo), but the metropolitan announcement does not explain as such.
As a flag[change]
The Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). was adopted on October 1, 1964, under the Metropolitan Announcement No. 1042 (告示第1042号). It features a white Metropolitan Crest on center. The background color is Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value)., which was popular in Edo, the name of Tokyo during the Edo period. This shade of purple is one of the traditional colors of Japan, and is near identical to Web Indigo.
Metropolitan symbol[change]
The Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). 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 winning design was created by Rei Yoshimura (レイ吉村), a professional graphic designer.
The vivid green symbol consists of three arcs combined to resemble a leaf of the ginkgo, the metropolitan tree, and represents T for Tokyo.[1]
Other flags[change]
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Flag of Tokyo (State)
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Related pages[change]
References[change]
- ↑ "Tokyo's Symbols - Tokyo Metropolitan Government". Archived from the original on 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2013-02-18., retrieved on September 29, 2008; reconfirmed on February 18, 2013
