Help Bizarre flag

[Trehocs]

Hello guys.

Please could you help me with the identification of this flag?? If somebody knows what this it and provide transportation. Many thanks

 

[Toritoribe]

It has something to do with 風水 feng shui. The colorful squares in the left side would be a sketch of a house, and the kanji around it refer to directions. For exmple, 子, 卯, 午 and 酉 means north, east, south and west, respectively. Also, there are the five elements 木火土金水 (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) outside of them.

The long sentences in the corner mentions the physiognomy of a house.

The owner of the house would be Tokui Suezō in Takibe village, Minamiazumi district, Nagano prefecture , and it's written by Endō Yoshiaki in Rikugō village, Kitaazumi district, Nagano prefecture in a day in January, 1884.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

I was way off , LOL. I figured it was made by children at school.

 

[Trehocs]

Thanks for the assistance Toritoribe. Have you ever seen something like this before?

 

[Lothor]

It has something to do with 風水 feng shui. The colorful squares in the left side would be a sketch of a house, and the kanji around it refer to directions. For exmple, 子, 卯, 午 and 酉 means north, east, south and west, respectively. Also, there are the five elements 木火土金水 (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) outside of them.

The long sentences in the corner mentions the physiognomy of a house.

The owner of the house would be Tokui Suezō in Takibe village, Minamiazumi district, Nagano prefecture, and it's written by Endō Yoshiaki in Rikugō village, Kitaazumi district, Nagano prefecture in a day in January, 1884.

I never knew that feng shui had a history in Japan.

 

[thomas]

I never knew that feng shui had a history in Japan.

I have always thought that the Japanese custom never to sleep with your head toward the north was based on Feng Shui.

 

[Toritoribe]

There are kanji 艮 鬼門 "ushitora kimon" on the left side of the flag. Ushitora refers to the direction of the northeast, and kimon literally means "demon's gate". In feng shui, it's considered that demons/evil things come from the northeast, so Enryakuji temple was built on the northeast side of Kyoto to protect the capital city in Heian period . For the same reason, Nikkō Tōshō-gū shrine was built on the northeast side of Edo(Tokyo) in Edo period .

Have you ever seen something like this before?

No, I haven't.

 

[Trehocs]

thank you Toritoribe for all the help and also for teaching us more things about the japanese culture!!