Imperial Seal of Japan

The National and Imperial Seal of Japan, originally referred to merely as Imperial Seal is called in Japanese Kiku no Gomon (菊の御紋, " chrysanthemum crest ").

Description

The seal depicts a stylized chrysanthemum with 16 petals.

The Imperial Seal is used only by members of the imperial family. The Meiji Constitution provided for the sole use of the seal by the Tennō, for this reason used each member of the imperial family, a slightly modified version of the seal. Shinto shrines of the imperial family use as well as the modified versions of the seal, and other Shinto shrines that are unrelated to the imperial family, the chrysanthemum may use as part of its seal.

There is still no law that states that the Imperial Seal of the State coat of arms. However, it is largely used as such and adorns, among other, the shell of the Japanese passport. In addition, § 154 of the Criminal Code contains a Japanese event, which does not threaten the forgery when a fake imperial seal with life imprisonment or imprisonment under three years.

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