Fang Flag - Brat

Japanese: 牙旗 - がき
Fang Flag - Brat
〘Noun〙 (In ancient China, the flag of a great general was modeled after a wild animal using its tusks to protect itself, and the end of the pole was decorated with an elephant's tusk.) A flag raised at the camp of an emperor or a great general. A great general's flag. ※Nihon Gaishi (1827), Volume 7, " Therefore, Yoshimitsu advanced with a flag of two tusks" [Zhang Heng - Tokyo Fu]

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 (昔、中国で、大将の旗は猛獣が牙(きば)で身を守るさまをかたどり、竿の先に象の牙を飾ったところから) 天子や大将軍の陣地に立てる旗。大将旗。※日本外史(1827)七「於是義満建牙旗而進」 〔張衡‐東京賦〕

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