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![[Japan Geographical Survey Institute flag]](../images/j/jp-jgsi.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 15 June 2014
Japan Geographical Surveying Institute surveying Flag was adopted on Mar 8th
1875
by Proclamation of the Great Council of State No 30.
The flag is diagonally divided red over white at sinister hoist.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 07 May 2014
A 2:3 sinister hoist flag, divided over the rising diagonal red over white.
If this was the surveying flag, was there a different organizational flag?
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 15 June 2014
Yes, there were different surveying flags on our pages although some used a
word of measurement.
1 C 1892 Army surveying flag red over white with its name.
2 1897 Navy surveying flag blue serrated line on white field.
3 1875 Ministry of Public Works surveying flag diagonally divided red over white
with its kanji initial 工.
4 1875 Railway surveying flag white /red vertical bicolor.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 16 May 2014
Did the Japan Geographical Surveying Institute have a flag, other than this
Japan Geographical Surveying Institute surveying flag?
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 August 2014
![[pilot boat flag]](../images/j/jp-pilotl.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 15 June 2014
Ministry of Navy licensed pilot boat flag was adopted on jan 29th 1877
by Proclamation of the Great Council of State No2.
The white over red bicolor horizontal stripe flag has its name in Chinese
character in black
in white stripe at dexter hoist.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 07 May 2014
A 2:3 white over red bicolor with on the white the name of the boat in black
kanji. (If I got that right, because the parts I understand don't seem to be a
name. Did each boat fly a flag with the name of that boat? And if so, what does
this example say?)
Scaled to larger size. I hope the Kanji text is still readable.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 15 June 2014
No, each boat fly a flag with the name of the service namely " chartered
pilot" a word of chartered is better than licensed.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 16 May 2014
A 2:3 white over red bicolour with written on the white in black kanji the
words "licensed pilot".
(I stuck with "licensed", to mean: He has a license to pilot those waters. I
would use "chartered pilot" for a hired pilot, usually for an air-plane. But I
didn't et it the first time, so I may still be wrong; feel free to correct me.)
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 August 2014
![[Kamikura Maru ensign]](../images/j/jp-forest.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 15 June 2014
Home Ministry Forest Service Western steamship Kamikura Maru ensign was
adopted
on Jul 30th 1879 by Proclamation of the Great Council of State No 42.
The red flag has two white rectangles in upper part at dexter hoist.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 07 May 2014
A 2:3 flag with five vertical stripes red and white, and along the bottom a
red stripe of the same width. Redrawn at larger size.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 15 June 2014
![[Niigata Maru ensign]](../images/j/jp-ni_cust.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 15 June 2014
Niigata Customs Office steamship Niigata Maru ensign was adopted.
The white background has red bend at sinister hoist.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 07 May 2014
An approximately 9:13 sinister hoist flag, white with a red descending diagonal
stripe, a quarter of the length of the hoist in width. (I don't know the
measurements or ratio of the real flag.) Redrawn at larger size.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 15 June 2014