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Seinan Gakuin University (Private)

西南学院大学

image by Shunsuke Omachi, 8 May 2023

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image by Shunsuke Omachi, 8 May 2023

Seinan Gakuin University is a private Christian university affiliated with the Japan Baptist Convention and formerly linked to the Southern Baptist Convention (us). The university flag appears to be a small square emblem in green and white; an image of the flag and an explanation of its symbolism can be seen at Seinan Gakuin personal webpage of David Johnson
Ron Lahav, 17 April 2008

Quoting from the cited webpage:

The green of the above school flag represents the green pine trees that are found throughout the campus. The letters SW stand for SOUTHWEST, which is what SEINAN means in Japanese.

And "Gakuin" means "school." See photo at www.seinan-gu.ac.jp [1200 x 600 px] - where the green seems much darker than the square graphic, though it could just be a matter of lighting.
Eugene Ipavec, 17 April 2008

Located in Fukuoka City Fukuoka Prefecture and established in 1949. The embroidered ceremonial flag has dark green background with a silver emblem and vertically written in silver kanji university name in gold fringe. The university flag has dark green background with a white emblem in the center. The design of the university emblem is a combination of the first two letters of Seinan="South-West" (S and W). It was designed by C.K. Dozier, the founder of the school, in the early days of the school.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 8 May 2023

Sport flags

image by Shunsuke Omachi, 29 October 2023

Handball club; The club flag has dark green background with a white university emblem at the canton with a yellow cross and horizontally written kanji university and club name in white.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 29 October 2023

Is that monogram supposed to read "WS"?
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 October 2023

Yes, WS means West-South (=Seinan in Japanese university name).
Nozomi Kariyasu, 30 October 2023