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Ottfried Neubecker, in Le grand livre de l'heraldique (French
edition of Heraldry: sources, symbols and meaning), mentions as a
source for Daimyo flags: H.G. Stroehl Japanisches Wappenbuch
: Nihon Moncho', Wien (1906) [stl06]>and shows on p. 210-211 some
standards used by the Damyos of the coast in the 19th
century.
Ivan Sache, 03 January 2000
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, as adapted by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 16 September 2008
Before August 1853 white black white triband was used
ensign representing Tokugawa Shogunete after then Hinomaru was used.
The original family crest of the Tokugawa is Nakaguro = one black horizontal band in white disc
not blue. Japanese family crests are always black and white.
Source: www.ican.zaq.ne.jp
Nozomi Kariyasu, 04 September 2008
So with new discovery of the document I have to
correct my comment on Tokugawa Dynasty flag. The report of the ensign with
horizontal black band is wrong.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 24 March 2014
See also:
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 September 2008
Source: 1858 US Flag Chart
This flag is from several old plates. It appears to be an
erroneous flag flag or the flag of Tokugawa, the Japanese shogun dynasty, c. 1850.
Jaime Ollé, 04 January 2000
I have investigated this flag from lots of flag-related
books/records available in Japan but cannot find out description of
such flag.
The flag is erroneous and has been reported mistakenly to
Europe/America in 1850's . But the fact was found that in 1854
the Tokugawa shogunate adopted Hinomaru as civil ensign and white,
"black", white horizontal flag as Shogunate vessel's ensign
together with streamer of white/blue/white/blue/white/blue stripes
hoisted. The white and black colours were used by the Tokugawa family.
I suppose Europeans (Dutch, I believe) reported this Shogunate
vessel's ensign with wrong colours.
More interestingly until 1854 there was a reversed proposal in
Shogunate that Hinomaru be Tokugawa Shogunate vessel's ensign and
white. black, white stripes be civil ensign.
Incidentally the Meiji government restored/modified this idea in
Japanese civil ensign (white, black, white horizontal stripes with
hinomaru in the center) for a short period between 1870-1875.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 29 October 2000
Shown in a US Flag Chart under "Japan" at position (6;8) : Rectangular ~2:3 horizontal white
and blue triband.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 02 September 2008
The blue is wrong. The Tokugawa used black. Please refer to my comment above.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 03 September 2008