Houseflags of Japanese shipping companies

Last modified: 2006-09-23 by phil nelson
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• Kyokuyo Hogei K.K.
• Kyokuyo Shipping Co., Ltd.
• Kyoritsu Kisen

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Kyokuyo Hogei K.K.

image by Phil Nelson
Source: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ste63]

image by Jarig Bakker, 1 February 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Tokyo - white flag, red standing raguly crossbeam. (shortened arms compared with the flag above).
Jarig Bakker, 18 February 2006

Kyokuyo Hogei K.K. was formed 1937 with the translation being the Polar Seas Whaling Ltd. It changed name 1971 to K.K. Kyokuyo, withdrawing from whaling in 1976 and from deep sea trawling in 1993 according to one source but Lloyds 2000 still showed it owning some fishing vessels.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2003

Kyokuyo Shipping Co., Ltd.

image by Al Fisher

Kyokuyo Shipping Co. Ltd. This flag is similar to that which should be shown for Kyoei Tanker K.K. The name is presumably a translation of Kyokuyo Kaiun K.K. of which I can find no real candidates for a flag. As Stewart has been the source of most these flags I wonder whether there has been some confusion and transposition of the Kyoei flag.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2003

Kyoritsu Kisen

image by Phil Nelson
Source: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ste63]

Kyoritsu Kisen K.K. appears to have been a post World War 2 company which ceased in the later 1960s.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2003