Imperial Seal

Imperial Seal refers to the seal used by imperial families to endorse imperial edicts.

  • Imperial Seal of China
  • Imperial Seal of Japan
  • Imperial Seal of Mongolia

Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or seal:

    “Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.”
    —Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus, 44:14.

    The line “their name liveth for evermore” was chosen by Rudyard Kipling on behalf of the Imperial War Graves Commission as an epitaph to be used in Commonwealth War Cemeteries. Kipling had himself lost a son in the fighting.

    “Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
    Has not yet begun
    To make a seizure on the light,
    Or to seal up the sun.”
    —Robert Herrick (1591–1674)