Template:Country data Empire of Japan

Template documentation

Template:Country data Empire of Japan is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Empire of Japan`	Main article name (Empire of Japan)
`shortname alias`	`Japan`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg`	Image name (File:Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`emperor`		`Flag of the Japanese Emperor.svg`
`naval`		`Naval ensign of the Empire of Japan.svg`
`air force`		`War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (1868-1945).svg`
`army`		`War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (1868-1945).svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flagcountry\|alias}}` output
`Japanese Empire` (view)	Japanese Empire	Japan

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Empire of Japan}} → Empire of Japan
{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} →
{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}} → Japan

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Empire of Japan|emperor}} → Empire of Japan
{{flagicon|Empire of Japan|emperor}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|Japanese Empire}} →
{{flagcountry|Japanese Empire}} → Japan
{{flag|Japanese Empire}} → Japanese Empire

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

{{naval|Empire of Japan}} → Japan Navy
{{flagicon|Empire of Japan|naval}} →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|Empire of Japan}} → Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
{{flagicon|Empire of Japan|air force}} →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|Empire of Japan}} → Imperial Japanese Army
{{flagicon|Empire of Japan|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Japan Japan

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Empire of Japan in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Empire of Japan

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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