錦きん旗き

noun

brocade banner; pennant

A historical term for a gold-brocade flag or pennant, especially associated with imperial or military use in pre-modern Japan.

• 錦きん旗きは、かつて朝ちょう廷ていや軍ぐん勢ぜいの象しょう徴ちょうとして用もちいられた。

  The brocade banner was once used as a symbol of the imperial court or military forces.