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current	03:16, 7 May 2020	990 × 990 (550 bytes)	Goszei (talk \| contribs)	Reverting self, caused display issues
	03:12, 7 May 2020	1,000 × 1,000 (808 bytes)	Goszei (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 20:35, 6 December 2008 (UTC); thicker stroke width seems most consistent with Japaense passport, coinage, etc.
	20:57, 6 May 2020	990 × 990 (550 bytes)	Goszei (talk \| contribs)	Reverted color from #fd1 (yellow) to #ffd700 (gold) from pre-2013 versions
	20:49, 5 April 2013	990 × 990 (547 bytes)	Perhelion (talk \| contribs)	more opt
	14:30, 27 March 2013	990 × 990 (616 bytes)	Perhelion (talk \| contribs)	fix petals
	22:14, 20 January 2011	1,000 × 1,000 (850 bytes)	Zscout370 (talk \| contribs)	Trying to accomplish what Fry wanted, but still using the minimal code.
	03:52, 20 January 2011	940 × 940 (4 KB)	Fry1989 (talk \| contribs)	margins
	04:36, 8 March 2010	1,000 × 1,000 (833 bytes)	CryptoQuick (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to the last optimized file, then added the minor changes of the large file that had been edited by Inkscape.
	16:41, 11 September 2009	1,000 × 1,000 (7 KB)	Zscout370 (talk \| contribs)	The stroke size bothered me, so reduced it to match what I see on government documents and coins, such as http://www.mint.go.jp/imperial/index.html
	20:35, 6 December 2008	1,000 × 1,000 (808 bytes)	Penubag (talk \| contribs)	The previous revision looks more gold than the brownish one

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