{"id":3178,"date":"2018-11-04T10:04:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T01:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/history-here.com?page_id=3178"},"modified":"2018-12-26T06:09:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T21:09:23","slug":"seiki-flag","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/stories\/seiki-flag","title":{"rendered":"Seiki (The Main Flag) Donated by Tomonori Takeshima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the most representative of the flags used by the Satake family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gold foil on the emblems of the family, five-spoked fans, remain vivid. The old record of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Honorable Armors<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [of the Satake Family] refers to this as one of &#8220;the three deep-blue flags with nine gold fans and gold leather rings, for two of which gold fans are from gold coins of the Keicho period (1596\u20131615).&#8221; This record thus indicates the high purity of the gold used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rings to connect the flag to the pole are made of gold-foiled leather on which secret signs are sewn with white thread, such as an Abe-no-Seimei star sign for protection, four vertical lines with five horizontal lines to represent nine Chinese characters from warriors&#8217; magical spells.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This flag was made following all the rules and rituals for samurai flags.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3185\" 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