Tadamasa Fukiura, Hoshina Kawase
Good Books Sekai no Kokkitsunagari Zukan Zenbu Oboe Chao
Publication Date: November 14, 2023
Reservation Deadline: November 13, 2023
Page Count: 96p
Size: Hardcover
ISBN: 9784907461416
Tadamasa Fukiura
Graduated from Waseda University Graduate School of Political Science. Former professor at Saitama Prefectural University. Responsible for national flags at the Tokyo Games since 1964, as well as at Sapporo, Nagano, and the Tokyo Olympics in 2
021. Co-representative of the NPO World Flag and Anthem Research Association. An expert on territorial issues, with over 60 publications related to national flags.
Hoshina Kawase
From Osaka Prefecture. Travel illustrator. After working at a publishing company and editorial production, became a freelance illustrator. Utilizing knowledge of travel and geography, writes illustrated reports on city walks and tourist maps, focusing on landscape and advertising illustrations. Numerous serializations (the data is from when this book was published).
1. 12 countries frequently appearing in the news and their companion flags (Japan... "Full of Sun" in world flags / America... Flags influenced by the "Stars and Stripes" around the world / United Kingdom... The glorious flag created by combining three flags, etc.)
2. Let's look at national flags along with the world map (Flags from Japan to Thailand always have red, and no green / Many flags of countries with a large Muslim population have green, white, black, and red / "Crescent and Star" is seen in flags of Muslim-majority countries influenced by Turkey, etc.)
3. So many similar flags to remember together (Indistinguishable—Indonesia and Monaco / Identical—Romania and Chad, Andorra, Moldova are too similar / Surprising each other at the Berlin Olympics—Liechtenstein and Haiti, etc.)
Through national flags, the world becomes visible. Responsible for national flags at the Tokyo and Sapporo/Nagano Winter Olympics, Fukiura-sensei reveals the quick memorization method for flags!
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