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Isezaki City (Gunma Prefecture, Japan)

伊勢崎市

image by Eugene Ipavec, 6 December 2005
Source: Isezaki web site (in Japanese)

The Flag
Akabori
Azuma
Sakai

See also:

The Flag

Isezaki city in Gunma adopted its flag on February 28 2005.
proportion:2:3
field: white
emblem: red
stylized hiragana I い of Isezaki in shape of comma-shaped bead used as an accessory in ancient Japan which represents harmony and development.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 November 2005

The emblem and flag are described in notice number 66. The stylised hiragana i い forms an outline of the well known "yin-yang" (in Japanese "inyou") symbol, expressing harmony of the citizens and the city's development.
Jonathan Dixon, 10 January 2006

Akabori Town / 赤堀町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 24 July 2014

The flag of he former town of Akabori was green with mark. The town is now, from 2005, part of the city of Isesaki.
Source: http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/10gun/31-isezaki/k/0721.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 24 July 2014

Azuma Town / 東村

image by Tomislav Šipek, 24 July 2014

The flag of he former town of Azuma was green with mark. The town is now, from 2005, part of the city of Isesaki.
Source: http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/10gun/31-isezaki/k/0721.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 24 July 2014

Azuma 東村 means Eastern Village. Now they use the kanji of 東 for Azuma however it seems that the word Azuma originated from a legend of Yamato Takeru legendary prince born in year 72.
He was sent by Emperor to crush the great rebellion in eastern land whose people disobeyed the imperial court and on way back from eastern land he stayed in presently Gunma and commemorated his late wife. He said "Oh my wife = Azuma haya" in ancient Japanese. Azuma can write as 吾妻 = "my wife" and we can find the municipal name in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 January 2015

Sakai Town / 境町

image by Tomislav Šipek, 24 July 2014

The flag of he former town of Sakai was white with mark. The town is now, from 2005, part of the city of Isesaki.
Sources: http://www.gappei-archive.soumu.go.jp/db/10gun/31-isezaki/k/0721.htm
http://www.gtv.co.jp/cgi-bin/news/news.cgi?date_y=2004&date_m=12&date_d=28
Tomislav Šipek, 24 July 2014