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The flags of Japanese royalty incorporate the Imperial arms, namely the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum mon. Aside from its golden color, the flags utilize the national colors of red and white.
Sources: Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu39]; Barraclough & Crampton, Flags of the World (1981) [c2b81]
Calvin Paige Herring, 31 May 1995
Flaggenbuch shows a wrong specification. The images below by Kazutaka Nishiura are based on a Japanese legal document.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 27 Jan 2010
![[Emperor (Japan)]](../images/j/jp-r-emp.gif)
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image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 27 Jan 2010
![[Empress (Japan)]](../images/j/jp-r-ems.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 27 Jan 2010
![[Crown Prince (Japan)]](../images/j/jp-r-cpr.gif)
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image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 27 Jan 2010
![[Crown Princess (Japan)]](../images/j/jp_crpr.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 27 Jan 2010
![[Other Imperial House Members (Japan)]](../images/j/jp-r-orm.gif)
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image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 27 Jan 2010
![[Regent (Japan)]](../images/j/jp_reg.gif)
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image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 27 Jan 2010
The Emperor Showa (Hirohito) was made regent in 1921 when his father the Emperor Taisho (the real name of the father of Hirohito was Yoshihito, but as you know each Emperor chooses a reign-name, which applies to the reign of the Emperor and then to the Emperor himself after his death) went mad; Hirohito then succeeded to the throne on December 25, 1926. This was the last instance of a regency in Japan.
Manuel L. Quezon III, 04 Mar 2002