Once upon a time, two deities, the male Izanagi, and the female Izanami, came down from Takamagahara (The Plains of High Heaven) to a watery world in order to create land. Droplets from Izanagi’s ‘spear’ solidified into the land now known as Japan. Izanami and Izanagi then populated the new land with gods. One of these was Japan’s supreme deity, the Sun Goddess Amaterasu (Light of Heaven), whose great-great grandson Jimmu, was to become the first emperor of Japan, reputedly in 660 BC.
According to mythology, Japan's ancient history is tied to the sun goddess, Amaterasu, who sent one of her descendants to the island of Kyushu to unify the people. Legend gives way to the fact in the fourth century when the country was unified under the Yamato Dynasty, who established a court in Nara.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
The Hinomaru, Japanese flag, was made official in 1870 as a merchant flag, becoming the first national flag adopted in Japan from 1870 to 1885, when the flag became the de facto flag but not the legal flag. The flag's use was heavily restricted during Japan's occupation after World War II until 1947 when the restrictions began to be lifted. In 1999, a law was passed to make the Hinomaru Japan's official national flag.
The Japanese national banner was assigned by their constitution on August 13, 1999. The brief history of the banner has its cause in two orders of the Daij?-kan in the early Meiji Era. The Daij?-kan is an administration association who declared two announcements expressing that the sun plate banner is to be used as a banner for dealerships and the banner used by the naval force.
In the years of American occupation of Japan, the use of the sun-disc flag was constrained but later the limitations were eased. In early Japanese history, the symbol of Hinomaru was used by daimyos and samurais in their banners. During Meiji Restoration, the Hinomaru, and the Rising Sun Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy was the principal emblems of the Japanese empire. 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.
According to mythology, Japan's ancient history is tied to the sun goddess, Amaterasu, who sent one of her descendants to the island of Kyushu to unify the people. Legend gives way to the fact in the fourth century when the country was unified under the Yamato Dynasty, who established a court in Nara.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
The Hinomaru, Japanese flag, was made official in 1870 as a merchant flag, becoming the first national flag adopted in Japan from 1870 to 1885, when the flag became the de facto flag but not the legal flag. The flag's use was heavily restricted during Japan's occupation after World War II until 1947 when the restrictions began to be lifted. In 1999, a law was passed to make the Hinomaru Japan's official national flag.
The Japanese national banner was assigned by their constitution on August 13, 1999. The brief history of the banner has its cause in two orders of the Daij?-kan in the early Meiji Era. The Daij?-kan is an administration association who declared two announcements expressing that the sun plate banner is to be used as a banner for dealerships and the banner used by the naval force.
In the years of American occupation of Japan, the use of the sun-disc flag was constrained but later the limitations were eased. In early Japanese history, the symbol of Hinomaru was used by daimyos and samurais in their banners. During Meiji Restoration, the Hinomaru, and the Rising Sun Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy was the principal emblems of the Japanese empire. 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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