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Japanese Prefecture flags and their meanings (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by skedye@lemmy.world to c/vexillology@lemmy.world

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originally by u/udzu on Reddit

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 1 week ago

I guess that’s one advantage of kanji: you get topologies for abstract-looking logos for free.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

I like the relative uniformity of them, it's pretty cool

[–] vateso5074@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Miyagi is also a stylized み, compare to Mie next to it.

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

These all look corporatist AF

[–] vateso5074@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They seem more like evolutions of the Japanese mon heraldry which go back centuries.

[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

maybe because of cyberpunk77 arasaka logo and osaka logo are very similar

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was more referencing the fact that Japan never had any proper de-fascification and that these could just be modern versions from those corporatist times, at least by the looks of them...