<p>The banner looks similar to 武者幟 (warrior flag)</p>

<p>Around AD1600, There are civil war in Japan.
In that time every warrior show that flag to recognize each other.</p>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> have some picture of that war.
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Sekigaharascreen.jpg" alt="Battle of Sekigahara"></p>

<p>Or <a href="http://www.kanko-sekigahara.jp/en/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">some city</a> selling that flag as goods.
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3QHFT.jpg" alt="Flags"></p>

<p>These flags have name of the 将軍 (General) or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">紋</a>(the mark of the family).</p>

<p>In that ilier's case, it uses same format, but it doesn't use actual mark or name.
I think it shows "Gil's wrong Japanese stereotype".</p>

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<p>In episode 5 of Prisma Illya 3rei, we find that Gil has somehow pulled an entire hot springs out of the Gate of Babylon. The walls surrounding it have banners with a number of strange symbols and quintessentially-Japanese words on them. </p>

<p>You can see the symbols for yourself below; some of them are very strange, like the biohazard symbol (☣), the radiation symbol (☢), and a pair of clubs (♣) attached end-to-end. The words are "bonsai", "Mt. Fuji" (<em>fuji-san</em>), "sushi", "bushido", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuri" rel="noreferrer"><em>matsuri</em></a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami" rel="noreferrer"><em>kami</em></a>", "sumo", "squid" (<em>ika</em>), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenshu" rel="noreferrer"><em>tenshukaku</em></a>", and "heat haze" (<em>kagerou</em>), plus one on the far-right in picture #1 that is cut off. </p>

<p>I have to imagine there is some sort of joke here I'm not getting. What is it?</p>

<blockquote class="spoiler">
  <p> <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/4ggwG.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4ggwGl.jpg" alt="right wall"></a>
 
 <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/P74o7.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/P74o7l.jpg" alt="front wall"></a>
 
 <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LO9TB.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LO9TBl.jpg" alt="left wall"></a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>(The images are spoilered because naked-but-steam-concealed characters.)</p>

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What's with all the weird writing/symbols in the hot springs in 3rei?
# What's with all the weird writing/symbols in the hot springs in 3rei?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-09-18
In episode 5 of Prisma Illya 3rei, we find that Gil has somehow pulled an entire hot springs out of the Gate of Babylon. The walls surrounding it have banners with a number of strange symbols and quintessentially-Japanese words on them.

You can see the symbols for yourself below; some of them are very strange, like the biohazard symbol (☣), the radiation symbol (☢), and a pair of clubs (♣) attached end-to-end. The words are "bonsai", "Mt. Fuji" (*fuji-san*), "sushi", "bushido", "[*matsuri*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuri)", "[*kami*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami)", "sumo", "squid" (*ika*), "[*tenshukaku*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenshu)", and "heat haze" (*kagerou*), plus one on the far-right in picture #1 that is cut off.

I have to imagine there is some sort of joke here I'm not getting. What is it?

> [![right wall](https://i.sstatic.net/4ggwGl.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/4ggwG.jpg)
> [![front wall](https://i.sstatic.net/P74o7l.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/P74o7.jpg)
> [![left wall](https://i.sstatic.net/LO9TBl.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/LO9TB.jpg)

(The images are spoilered because naked-but-steam-concealed characters.)
**Tags:** fate-kaleid-liner-prisma-illya
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2017-06-05. Score: 4
The banner looks similar to 武者幟 (warrior flag)

Around AD1600, There are civil war in Japan.
In that time every warrior show that flag to recognize each other.

[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara) have some picture of that war.
![Battle of Sekigahara](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Sekigaharascreen.jpg)

Or [some city](http://www.kanko-sekigahara.jp/en/index.html) selling that flag as goods.
![Flags](https://i.sstatic.net/3QHFT.jpg)

These flags have name of the 将軍 (General) or [紋](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem))(the mark of the family).

In that ilier's case, it uses same format, but it doesn't use actual mark or name.
I think it shows "Gil's wrong Japanese stereotype".
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