Flag signal - Kiryuushingo

Japanese: 旗旈信号 - きりゅうしんごう
Flag signal - Kiryuushingo
A combination of flags is used to communicate between ships and between ships and shore. A total of 40 flags (international signal flags) are used: 26 alphabetic flags, 10 numeric flags, 3 representative flags, and 3 answering flags. Signals are exchanged using one or more flags. Various methods of signaling between ships using flags had been invented and used since the 17th century, but it was not until the adoption of the Book of Signals published in 1857 by the United Kingdom, the largest maritime nation at the time, that they became an internationally standardized system.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
旗と旗との組合せで船と船,船と陸上の間で交わされる信号。26枚のアルファベット文字旗,10枚の数字旗,3枚の代表旗および回答旗の計40枚の旗(国際信号旗international signal flag)を使用し,1旗または2旗以上を組み合わせて行う。17世紀以来,種々考案使用されていた旗による船舶間の信号方法が国際的に共通するものとなったのは,当時最大の海運国であったイギリスの商務院が1857年に発行した信号書を各国が採用してからである。

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