# Sujagi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sujagi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sujagi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujagi > Source revision: 1353319186 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Historical Korean military flag}} {{Infobox Korean name/auto |image=Sujagi (1871).jpg |caption=Sujagi captured in 1871 |hangul=수@자기 |hanja=帥字旗 }} The '''''sujagi''''' is a [flag](/source/flag) with the [hanja](/source/hanja) {{lang|ko|帥}}, pronounced {{transliteration|ko|su}} in [Korean](/source/Korean_language), that denotes a commanding general. The whole term literally means, "commanding general flag". Only one ''sujagi'' is known to exist in [Korea](/source/Korea). The color is a faded yellowish-brown background with a black character in its center. It is made of [hemp](/source/hemp) cloth and measures approximately 4.15m x 4.35m.{{cite web|url=http://news.donga.com/3/all/20071023/8503354/1|script-title=ko:신미양요 때 빼앗긴 어재연 장군기 '10년 장기대여' 귀환 : 뉴스|date=23 October 2007|publisher=|accessdate=1 May 2017}} [[File:Sujagi.jpg|thumb|The captured Sujagi aboard USS ''Colorado'' in June 1871 during the [United States expedition to Korea](/source/United_States_expedition_to_Korea). In the foreground are United States Marines (from left to right) Corporal [Charles Brown](/source/Charles_Brown_(Medal_of_Honor%2C_1872)), Private [Hugh Purvis](/source/Hugh_Purvis), and Captain McLane Tilton.|330x330px]] [[File:1871sujagi.jpg|thumb|Captured ''Sujagi'' aboard USS ''Colorado''. From right to left: U.S. Marine Corporal [Charles Brown](/source/Charles_Brown_(Medal_of_Honor%2C_1872)), U.S. Marine Private [Hugh Purvis](/source/Hugh_Purvis), and the sailor on the left is believed to be [Cyrus Hayden](/source/Cyrus_Hayden) (U.S. Navy). All three were awarded the [Medal of Honor](/source/Medal_of_Honor).]] ==History== This type of flag was put in a fortress where a commanding general was located.{{Cite web |url=http://museum.kma.ac.kr/museum/image/ama/ama081002.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-02-12 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719031511/http://museum.kma.ac.kr/museum/image/ama/ama081002.jpg |url-status=dead }} In the case of the extant ''sujagi'' in Korea, it represented General [Eo Jae-yeon](/source/Eo_Jae-yeon) who, in 1871, commanded the Korean military forces on [Ganghwa Island](/source/Ganghwa_Island), which is off the northwest coast of present-day South Korea, near the capital of [Seoul](/source/Seoul). It was captured by the [United States](/source/United_States) [Asiatic Squadron](/source/Asiatic_Squadron) in June of that year during the [United States' expedition to Korea](/source/United_States_expedition_to_Korea).{{cite book|title=Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871|url=http://www.navyhistory.org/marine-amphibious-landing-in-korea-1871/|date=1 January 1966|publisher=Naval Historical Foundation|author=Carolyn A. Tyson|accessdate=27 January 2015}} As with other war prizes, it was put into the collection of the museum at the [United States Naval Academy](/source/United_States_Naval_Academy) in [Annapolis](/source/Annapolis), [Maryland](/source/Maryland).{{cite news |last1=Hwang |first1=Jurie |title=American campaigns for flag's return |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/common/newsprint.php?ud=20100907000799 |access-date=29 September 2022 |publisher=[The Korea Herald](/source/The_Korea_Herald) |date=29 October 2010}} In October 2007, after many years of petitions by South Korea to the United States government, the flag was returned to South Korea on a long-term, ten-year loan.{{cite news|last1=Chung Ah-young|title=General's Flag Returns Home From US|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/10/148_12340.html|access-date=27 January 2015|publisher=[The Korea Times](/source/The_Korea_Times)|date=22 October 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://www.shinmiyangyo.org/SMYYfront/history/balt_sun_2007.html|title=Korean flag to be returned on loan basis|accessdate=27 January 2015|publisher=Baltimore Sun|author=Bradley Olson|date=11 October 2007}} After being returned, it was displayed at the [National Palace Museum of Korea](/source/National_Palace_Museum_of_Korea) in Seoul until 2009, when it was moved to the Ganghwa History Museum on [Ganghwa Island](/source/Ganghwa_Island).{{cite news |last1=Jung |first1=Jia H. |title=Repatriated flag runs out of time in Korea |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/09/177_336808.html |access-date=29 September 2022 |publisher=[The Korea Times](/source/The_Korea_Times) |date=27 September 2022}} As of September 2022, the lease had been renewed for the flag to stay in South Korea until at least October 2023.{{cite news |last1=Kwak |first1=Yeon-soo |title=Loan period extended for US-captured Joseon-era flag |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2022/09/199_337013.html |access-date=29 September 2022 |publisher=[The Korea Times](/source/The_Korea_Times) |date=29 September 2022}} thumb|Digital Variant ==References== *{{cite book|title=Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea |author=Duvernay, Thomas A.|year=2021|location=Seoul | publisher=Seoul Selection|asin=B08VR9FFL1 |pages=172–174}} ==Notes== {{reflist|30em}} ==See also== *[History of Korea](/source/History_of_Korea) *[Military history of Korea](/source/Military_history_of_Korea) *[Joseon dynasty](/source/Joseon_dynasty) ==External links== * [http://www.shinmiyangyo.org/sujagireturn.html Sujagi Flag Return] Category:Flags of Korea Category:Historical flags Category:Korea–United States relations Category:Ganghwa County --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sujagi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujagi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujagi?action=history)). 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