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![[Ryukyu Dynasty]](../images/j/jp_rk-st.gif)
by Jaume Ollé
![[Lu Chu Kingdom]](../images/j/jp_li.gif)
by Alvin Helms
The flag is said to have been in use during 1875-1879 Ryukyu Dynasty.
The blue, red and yellow whirl stands for beauty, humanity and tenderness which they believe are three goodness and white colour symbolizes pride of purity.
This is an historic flag in Okinawa.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 27 October 1999
I read an interesting book titled "Ryukyu Kokki no Tomoe-Hata" or "Comma shaped crest flag as Ryuukyu national flag" written by Kinjyo Tadahito 1981 in Okinawa which shows Ryuukyu dynasty flag used 1895?-1897 a few times.
The flag has three Tomoes of red, yellow and blue from top clockwise in
white field. Oue image on FOTW Japan which supposedly was taken from The Flag
Book of the United States by Whitney Smith is wrong and yellow and blue should
be switched.
Nozomi Kariyas, 29 January 2005