Goshichi no kiri

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Goshichi no kiri is a traditional Japanese emblem featuring a stylized paulownia plant, historically associated with the government and now widely used as a national and official symbol.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Goshichi no kiri canonical 2
Goshichi no Kiri 1
Goshichi no kiri crest 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese emblem ⓘ
mon (Japanese crest) ⓘ
associatedWith Japanese national identity ⓘ
Japanese state institutions ⓘ
colorCommonVariant black on white ⓘ
colorTraditionally gold on a dark background ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalContext symbol of state authority distinct from the imperial chrysanthemum ⓘ
depicts Paulownia tomentosa ⓘ
stylized paulownia plant ⓘ
designFeature central upright flower cluster ⓘ
three leaves of paulownia ⓘ
two side flower clusters ⓘ
elementCountDescription three clusters of paulownia flowers ⓘ
flowerClusterPattern 5-7-5 flowers ⓘ
hasNameInJapanese Goshichi no kiri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 五七の桐
historicallyAssociatedWith Muromachi period ⓘ
surface form: Ashikaga shogunate

Imperial court of Japan (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Imperial court of Japan

Japanese government authority ⓘ
Toyotomi Hideyoshi ⓘ
literalMeaning paulownia of five and seven ⓘ
originCountry Japan ⓘ
relatedPlant kiri (paulownia) ⓘ
relatedSymbol Imperial Seal of Japan ⓘ
scriptForm 五七の桐 ⓘ
status widely recognized national emblem in Japan ⓘ
symbolCategory national emblem of Japan ⓘ
symbolizes government authority in Japan ⓘ
official status ⓘ
timePeriodOfGovernmentUse modern era of Japan ⓘ
transliteration Goshichi no kiri self-link ⓘ
usedAs government emblem of Japan ⓘ
national symbol of Japan ⓘ
official symbol on government documents ⓘ
usedBy Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
Government of Japan ⓘ
Japanese ministries and agencies ⓘ
Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
usedIn Japanese heraldry ⓘ
kamon (family crests) ⓘ
official seals and badges ⓘ
usedOn Japanese government seals ⓘ
official government buildings in Japan ⓘ
official publications of the Government of Japan ⓘ
writingSystemOfName kanji ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan → seal → Goshichi no kiri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goshichi no kiri crest
Government Seal of Japan → alsoKnownAs → Goshichi no kiri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goshichi no Kiri
Goshichi no kiri → hasNameInJapanese → Goshichi no kiri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 五七の桐
Goshichi no kiri → transliteration → Goshichi no kiri self-link ⓘ