The syllable mi turned into a leaf on a deep green: the flag of Miyagi, from 1966, came out of a competition with 1615 design proposals.
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
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It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio in deep green, with the white emblem of the prefecture in the centre.
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of Miyagi is an intense deep green, with the white emblem in the centre. Miyagi faces the Pacific Ocean in the north of the main island of Japan and its capital is Sendai; its symbol turns the first syllable of the name into a leaf.
In 1966 the prefecture called a public design competition: 1615 entries were received and a committee filtered them until choosing one. With that winner, the flag was made official on 15 July 1966, by prefectural notification number 499. The emblem is the syllable mi —the initial of Miyagi— turned into a leaf of the hagi, the official flower of the prefecture.
It has not changed since 1966.
Emblem
the syllable み turned into a three-leafed stem of hagi, the prefectural flower.
Ground
an intense deep green.
The official explanation assigns each part a role: the centre leaf is the eternal development of the prefecture, the left one the harmony and cooperation between neighbours, and the right one the love of the homeland.
The rule fixes the ground as an intense deep green, but assigns no mandatory colour to the emblem: that it be green is pure custom, and that is why it is seen in different shades depending on the use.
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Flag image: Monaneko, Mike Rohsopht, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
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