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DescriptionFlag of Ryukyu.svg
English: A highly distorted version of a Japanese-style banner (e.g. Mitsudomoe banner white.svg: ) displayed on the Shō clan's ships bound for Satsuma. Presumably created through miscommunication within mainland Japan.
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