Nagoya’s white municipal flag centers a dark-red maruhachi: a ring enclosing the stylized character 八, the Japanese and Chinese numeral eight.
Design structure
The flag is built around one centered civic emblem. A dark-red annulus contains the matching stylized 八 mark, leaving white negative space between the ring and character.
Display color
HEX #BE0529 / asset screen valueConstruction notes
Center the maruhachi emblem on a 2:3 white field. The ring and internal character use one color. Preserve the open white interval between them and the asymmetrical calligraphic form of 八; a plain typographic numeral is not a substitute.
Historical record
Nagoya’s city assembly approved the maruhachi in October 1907. The city explains that the mark is believed to derive from a tally sign used by the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family. The modern flag applies that established civic emblem to a plain field.
Source trail
Limits of the construction guidance
The imported construction notes describe the displayed specimen. Its shown height-to-width ratio is 2:3, and #BE0529 is the asset’s screen color value. The supplied record does not establish an official manufacturing ratio, a physical color standard, or detailed emblem dimensions. These notes support drawing an approximation of the displayed illustration; they do not establish an official production specification or customary manufacturing practice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does October 1907 date the flag or the emblem?
The supplied record dates the city assembly’s approval of the maruhachi emblem to October 1907. It does not establish the flag’s adoption date.
What does maruhachi represent?
Maruhachi is a ring enclosing a stylized 八, the Japanese and Chinese numeral eight. The supplied record reports the city’s explanation that the mark is believed to derive from a tally sign used by the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family. That connection remains a qualified origin account.
About the displayed artwork
The displayed illustration is a locally simplified Commons-derived rendering. The existing asset record credits “Kzaral and Xeror; locally simplified from the Commons vector” and identifies Flag of Nagoya, Aichi on Wikimedia Commons as its source. This local illustration is not established by the supplied record as an official master.
The asset’s recorded rights statement is “Public domain as a pre-1929 Japanese municipal design; official-insignia caveat”. This note preserves that statement without asserting additional permissions.