What is the Japanese flag like?

The ancient Japanese worshipped the sun god, so they took the sun as their totem. According to legend, at the beginning of the 7th century, Shoto Kutaishi of Japan wrote in a letter to Emperor Yang Di: "The prince comes from Japan to the sunset prince", which is the embryonic form of Japanese country name. Until the second half of the 7th century, Japan sent Tang Shi to change the country name to "Japan", which means "the place where the sun rises", and then it was taken as the official country name of Japan.

The sun flag is another name for the Japanese flag.

The national flag of Japan is called Hinomaru, which comes from Japanese "Sun Maru" and literally means "Sun Circle". It is uncertain when the symbol of the sun circle was first used on flags and slogans. However, in the12nd century, samurai appeared. In the power struggle between Minamoto and Taira, samurai like to draw the sun circle on the folding fan (called Gunsen in Japanese). 15 and 16 During the Warring States Period in Japan, many military figures fought for spheres of influence, and the symbol of the sun flag was widely used as a military emblem. A folk craft screen painting depicting 1600 battle of Guanyuan depicts an army, and many of its military flags have the basic color of the sun flag. Although red circles on a white background are the most common, there are also gold circles on a dark blue background.