Last modified: 2023-06-03 by 
zachary harden
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![[Flag of Fukushima Domain]](../images/j/jp-aiaen.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura and Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 23 March 2014
Aizu Domain ensign
![[Flag of Fukushima Domain]](../images/j/jp-aiaen2.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura and Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 23 March 2014
Located at Fukushima Prefecture. Last lord's name: Matsudaira Katamori. They
used white field charged with black Chinese character Ai of Aizu in the center
as domain's army flag and naval ensign.
白地黒會文字旗
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 March 2014
"Aizu" means "signal" doesn't it? But it's not that word, I assume.
The flag is a 5:4 high flag. Since you told us army flags were high flags and
ensigns were horizontal, I assume the version you sent is only for the army.
I leave it to the readers of Japanese to say whether I got the character right,
as I don't know how much variation would be acceptable.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 March 2014
In this case Aizu is place name.會津 and signal is 合図. The character reads well.
It is acceptable.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 March 2014
![[Flag of Fukushima Domain]](../images/j/jp-aia2.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura and Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 23 March 2014
They also used white field charged with black Aizu hollyhock in the center which
is looks more similar to nuphar. Shogunate branch family used a variation of
Tokugawa hollyhock crest.
白地黒會津葵紋旗
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 March 2014