The Imperial Seal of Japan, also called the Chrysanthemum Seal (èŠç´‹, kikumon) or Chrysanthemum Flower Seal (èŠèŠ±ç´‹, èŠèŠ±ç´‹ç« , kikukamon, kikukamonshÅ) or Imperial chrysanthemum emblem (èŠã®å¾¡ç´‹, kikunogomon), is a mon or crest used by members of the Japanese Imperial family.
History
Under the Meiji Constitution, no one was permitted to use the Imperial Seal except the Emperor of Japan, who used a 16 petal chrysanthemum with sixteen tips of another row of petals showing behind the first row. Therefore, each member of the Imperial family used a slightly modified version of the seal. Shinto shrines either displayed the imperial seal or incorporated elements of the seal into their own emblems.
Earlier in Japanese history, when Emperor Go-Daigo, who tried to break the power of the shogunate in 1333, was exiled, he adopted the seventeen-petal chrysanthemum to differentiate himself from his successor, Emperor KÅgon, who kept the imperial 16-petal mon.
Description
The symbol is a yellow or orange chrysanthemum with black or red outlines and background. A central disc is surrounded by a front set of 16 petals. A rear set of 16 petals are half staggered in relation to the front set and are visible at the edges of the flower. An example of the chrysanthemum being used is in the badge for the Order of the Chrysanthemum.
Other members of the Imperial Family use a version with 14 single petals, while a form with 16 single petals is used for Diet members' pins, orders, passports, and other items that carry or represent the authority of the Emperor. The Imperial Seal is also used on the standards of the imperial family.
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