Flag of Iwate Prefecture

The flag of Iwate Prefecture (岩手県旗, Iwate-kenki) is the prefectural flag of Iwate Prefecture, Japan. This article also discusses the Iwate prefectural crest which is displayed on the flag.

Iwate Prefecture
UseCivil and state flag
Proportion2:3
Adopted6 March 1965
DesignStylized character 岩 (iwa) in white, centered on a grayish-blue background

Overview

To commemorate the construction of the Iwate Prefectural Office, a public contest was held to create a new symbol for Iwate, and the crest was announced on 10 November 1964 under Prefectural Announcement No.1083 (告示第1083号, Kokuji Dai-sen-hachijū-san-gō).[1] The symbol itself is a vertically symmetrical adaptation of the Chinese character 岩, pronounced iwa, as in Iwate.

The flag itself was instituted on 6 March 1965. It consists of a grayish blue background with the Iwate crest centered in white.

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See also

Great Sasuke - Japanese pro wrestler and former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. While he was a legislator, he wore a mask based on the Iwate prefectural crest.

References
  1. Iwate-ken kenshō no seitei Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine ("Establishment of the Iwate Prefectural Crest")
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