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Tokyo Women’s College of Physical Education (Private)

東京女子体育大学

image by Shunsuke Omachi, 30 May 2023

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image by Shunsuke Omachi, 30 May 2023

Located in Kunitachi City Tokyo and established in 1962. The embroidered ceremonial flag has purplish blue background with a gold and silver emblem and vertically written gold kanji college name in gold fringe. The college flag has navy blue background with a white emblem. The college emblem, paulownia, is the family emblem of the Fujimura family to represent the educational policy of Toyo Fujimura, who laid the foundation of the school. The college emblem is paulownia flowers and leaves with kanji 大 added, and the three pillars represent "knowledge, virtue, and body. The paulownia emblem is considered the second most prestigious emblem in Japan after the chrysanthemum emblem, as it has been used as a pattern on the emperor's clothing since the time of Emperor Saga, according to one theory, following the sacredness of the paulownia tree in ancient China as the tree on which the phoenix would stop.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 30 May 2023

Sport flags

image by Shunsuke Omachi, 3 November 2023

Hardball tennis club; The club flag has dark blue background with a white college emblem in double circles and horizontally written kanji college and club name in white.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 3 November 2023