Talk:List of Japanese flags/Archive 1

De facto Flag
As I'm not an expert in Japanese history, I ask someone to add a de facto flag for the rising sun, or add information appropriate. Obviously the flag was used before 19th century, but this article makes it seem like it just appeared suddenly in the 19th century. For example this image from 1593, which clearly shows the flag in use:

Expansion
Some flags are missing, some are missing their descriptions. Anyway, there's a lot missing. Any contributions are welcome. Suggestions:
 * National: Flags prior to January 27, 1870, if there were any (considering Japan was initially rather isolationist).
 * Imperial: The Emperor's wife and children have their own similar but different standards.
 * Military: Any war-time/feudal army flags that may have existed.
 * Prefectural: Missing flags/descriptions. -- Karafuto should be moved out of Prefectural flags and added to a new category with the flags for other colonies.
 * Municipal: There's hundreds of these, probably more with any past mergers/dissolutions. It's unlikely the list will ever be complete in one place, but please add any you can think of.
 * Historical: Probably too broad of a category.

Compare to the organization of other countries's lists (Template:Lists of flags, like the UK which is particularly detailed, also US, USSR/Russia, China, France).

Other flags which could be included:
 * Daimyos: neither imperial nor necessarily military.
 * Native, religious.
 * Symbolic/conceptual, not necessarily national but somehow related to Japan through use or creation. See: List of flags
 * I am not aware of any national flag prior to 1870, so what we have now is what we got. As for municipal flags, I would suggest just a small sample (since the list would be too great for a page like this). User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 03:18, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Mon
I suggest that the Mon symbols be removed from the article or be created a list for it. A Mon is an heraldic element, not a vexillological one.

-- Bluedenim  22:25, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * And over half of them are fair use, so they are just for decoration. I support their removal. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:06, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Fukuoka Symbol.svg
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Fair use rationale for Image:Zainihon Daikanminkoku Dan (Mindan).jpg
Image:Zainihon Daikanminkoku Dan (Mindan).jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:22, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Ainu
Ainu flag graphic does not appear. Fix needed? I am curious about what it looks like. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.82.108.137 (talk) 09:01, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The Ainu flag file was deleted on 1 February because of copyright concerns and subsequently removed from the article by a bot. A Google search reveals that this is probably the flag that is described. SiBr4 (talk) 10:36, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

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