Rising Sun

English thumb|the rising Sun has many namesakes called the Rising Sun thumb|the Rising Sun (en Q43175), the flag of Japan thumb|a typical example of meeting at the sign of the Rising Sun (en any of many pubs): this one is in Mill Hill, London, England Etymology By proprialization from en rising#Adjective en Sun#Proper noun, driven by the theme that the Sun is very important in human affairs and that sunrise is an important time of day, both for the advent of daylight and because the rest of the day, with all its potential, lies ahead. The Japanese symbolism reflects that Japan is the easternmost country of East Asia, and the East is the place of the sunrise. The pub names reflect both the general importance of the rising Sun in human affairs and also the heraldic use of the rising Sun as a symbol for royalty, nobles, goodness, and so on. Proper noun Rising Sun en any of various places Any of various places: en number of places c/USA: en ucomm co/Pope County s/Illinois. en ucomm co/White County s/Illinois. en city/county seat co/Ohio County s/Indiana also located in twp:Suf/Randolph. en town co/Cecil County s/Maryland. en ucomm co/Leflore County s/Mississippi. en ucomm town:pref/Utica co/Crawford County s/Wisconsin. en hamlet par/Calstock co/Cornwall cc/England OS grid ref SX3970. en any of many pubs Any of many roadhouses or public houses, past or present, in Anglophone countries; calques exist in other lands and languages as well. en original era unknown 2013 [folk song lyrics by unknown authors, early 20th century] Steve Sullivan Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings 1 Scarecrow Press 9780810882966 98 There is a house in New Orleans, it's called the Rising Sun It's been the ruin of many a poor girl Great God, and I for one Proper noun Rising Sun 1 en Q43175 en informal The flag of Japan. en Q188712 en history metonym Imperial Japan; Imperial Japanese rule. en John Glusman 26 Conduct Under Fire: Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese, 1941–1945 https://books.google.com/books?id=eODwtbHBy_MC London Penguin Books 2006 464–5 https://books.google.com/books?id=eODwtbHBy_MC&pg=PA465 0 14 200222 4 Sixty years after the end of World War II, the thinning ranks of American ex-POWs have received neither compensation for their slave labor under the Rising Sun nor an apology from Japan. See also en Land of the Rising Sun Further reading Rising Sun Rising Sun Tavern Pub names#Heraldry Pub names → Heraldry → Rising Sun as a pub name The House of the Rising Sun Rising Sun Flag Anagrams en giinnrssu sunrising en Imperialism Japan