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zachary harden
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![[Kyôto]](../images/j/jp-26.gif)
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 26 March 2015
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White fringed red outlined Kanji character of Kyo of Kyōto on wine red
colour field. Adopted: November 2, 1976.
The reconstruction on law is on the 
prefecture
website.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 06 May 1998, 06 February 2000, 16 November 2005
The ratio of the flag is 10x14, with the size of the emblem 6.5x5.6 units. The purple color of
the background is 10P 3.7/15 in Munsell.
Zachary Harden, 11 September 2009
The prefecture emblem and the flag were adopted on Nov 2nd 1976 by Notice No
627 and No 628. The six leaves symbolize elegant character of the locality
ancient capital and kanji kyo 京 in the center makes humanoid form. As a whole it
represents a cohesion and solidarity of the people.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 26 March 2015
![[old Kyoto prefecture flag]](../images/j/jp_prkyo.gif)
image by Jaume Ollé
![[old Kyoto prefecture flag]](../images/j/jp@26v.gif)
Source;
image by Tomislav Šipek, 28 September 2023
See also: Kyoto Prefectural Kokutai Flag
About the Flag (Tricolor Flag) of the Kyoto Prefectural Sports Association
1 Adopted April 1946
2 The flag was designed by Shizuo Fujita, Chuichiro Akiyama, Shinichi Fujiwara, and others, led by Minosuke Tsukamoto, who was an officer of the Sports Association at the time.
3 The three colors, maroon, cobalt blue, and blue, are dyed evenly, and the word "KYOTO" in roman letters is drawn in white within the frame of the upper maroon color.
This design is widely used as the symbol mark of the Kyoto Sports Association, and is familiar to sports enthusiasts in Kyoto Prefecture.
4 The maroon represents passion of the athletes .The cobalt blue and blue colors symbolize Kyoto's scenic beautiful mountains and rivers.
Kyoto was also the first prefecture in Japan to adopt a prefectural sports association flag, and this color scheme was a vivid sensation in the dark social climate of the time.
Color Numbers of the Kyoto Prefectural Sports Association Flag (Tricolor Flag)
Maroon DIC234
Cobalt DIC137
Blue DIC224
Nozomi Kariyasu, 30 September 2023