The words of a song:
Kimi Ga Yo Ha
Chiyoni Yachiyoni
Sazare Ishino
Iwao to narite
Kokeno Musumade
The meaning of a song:
Thousands of years of happy reign be thine; Rule
on, my Lord, till what are pebbles now By age
united to
mighty rocks shall grow Whose venerable sides
the moss doth line.
The History of 'Kimigayo'
It is said, 'Kimigayo' is caused by the greeting song
of unknown-title and unknown-author in 'Kokin-Wakasyu'
the collection of ancient and modern tanka, ths word
of the greeting song is 'WagaKimiHa Chiyoni Yachiyoni
SazareIshino Iwahotonarite Kokenomusumade'. |
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The history of 'Hinomaru'
In the Edo period, It uses as a sign of
the shogunate ship, become a symbol of the Japanese shop
in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Meiji
government take over the flag, In 1870 (Meiji 3) Meiji
goverment decide a standard of the flag.
The vertical to horizontal ratio is set at 7 : 10,
the Rising Sun is red, the Rising Sun is to be placed
at the exact center, and the diameter of the Rising
Sun is to equal three-fifths of the vertical measurement
of the flag.
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Kiso
and Nakasendo