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![[Flag of the Emperor]](../images/j/jp-r-emp.gif)
image by Calvin Paige Herring, 31 May 1995
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![[Flag of the Empress]](../images/j/jp-r-ems.gif)
image by Calvin Paige Herring, 31 May 1995
![[Flag of the Crown Prince]](../images/j/jp-r-cpr.gif)
image by Calvin Paige Herring, 31 May 1995
![[Crown Princess]](../images/j/jp_crpr.gif)
image by Jaume Ollé
![[Flag of the other Royal Members]](../images/j/jp-r-orm.gif)
image by Calvin Paige Herring, 31 May 1995
The flags of Japanese Royalty incorporate the Imperial arms, namely the sixteen petal chrysanthemum mon. Aside from its golden color, the flags utilize the national colors of red and white.
Sources: Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu39]
Barraclough & Crampton, Flags of the World (1981) [c2b81]
Calvin Paige Herring, 31 May 1995
![[flag of the Regent]](../images/j/jp_reg.gif)
image by Jaume Ollé
Source: Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu39]
The Emperor Showa (Hirohito) was made regent in 1921 when his father the Emperor Taisho (I believe, anyway the real name of the father of Hirohito was Yoshihito, as you know each Emperor chooses a reign-name, which applies to the reign of the Emperor and then to the Emperor himself after his death) went mad; Hirohito then succeeded to the throne on December 25, 1926. This is the last instance of a regency in Japan.
Manuel L. Quezon III, 4 March 2002