Patterns in Japanese Crests
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| Crane | Enclosed Plover | Hawk on Perch | |||
| 1584SH6.6 | 1470KnJ7 | 1470KnJ7 | |||
| Mori Nagayoshi, Nanbu Toshinao | a provincial samurai | a provincial samurai | |||
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| Long Time Bell | Three in Octogon | Peace Paulownia | Fan with Bamboo | ||
| 1470KnJ7 | 1570SH54 | 1470KnJ7 | 1470KnJ7 | ||
| a provincial samurai | Inaba (Ittetsu) Masanari | a provincial samurai | a provincial samurai | ||
Circle | |||||
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| Circled Bellflower | Tokugawa Hollyhock | ||||
| 1477SH6.3 | 1567en.wp:Tokugawa clan | ||||
| Ōta Dōkan | Tokugawa | ||||
Diamond | |||||
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| Gourds with Diamonds | Ogasawara Three Diamonds | ||||
| 1470KnJ7 | 1615SH63,J5 | ||||
| a provincial samurai | Ogasawara Hidemasa | ||||
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| Gourds with Diamonds | Enclosed Plover | Long Time Bell | Three in Octogon | Flowery Box | Swastika on Disc |
| 1470KnJ7 | 1470KnJ7 | 1470KnJ7 | 1570SH54 | 1470KnJ7 | 1638SH62 |
| a provincial samurai | a provincial samurai | a provincial samurai | Inaba (Ittetsu) Masanari | a provincial samurai | Hachisuka Iemasa |
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| Cypress Fan | Feather Fan | Fan with Bamboo | Tricolor Sun Fan | Three Fans | |
| 1470KnJ7 | 1470KnJ7 | 1470KnJ7 | 1614SH62 | 1638SH63 | |
| a provincial samurai | a provincial samurai | a provincial samurai | Satake Yoshinobu | Matsudaira (Okochi) Nobutsua | |
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| Feather Fan | Five Feathers | Two and a Half Feathers | |||
| 1470KnJ7 | 1470KnJ7 | 1334SH14 | |||
| a provincial samurai | a provincial samurai | Kikuchi Taketoki | |||
Flower | |||||
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| Circled Bellflower | Melon with Flower | Flowery Box | Semy of Oxalis | 16-petal Chrysanthemum | Double Chyrsanthemum |
| 1477SH6.3 | 1470KnJ7 | 1470KnJ7 | 1585SH6.5 | 1185SHA.2 | 1333en.wp:Imperial Seal of Japan |
| Ōta Dōkan | a provincial samurai | a provincial samurai | Chosokabe Motochika | Emperor Antoku | Various emperors |
Flowerpot | |||||
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| Plum blossom flowerpot | |||||
| 1582SH6.4 | |||||
| Tsutsui Junkei | |||||
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| Flat, One Eye | Plaid Bowl with Chopsticks | Shadowed, Nine Stars | |||
| 1614SH5 | 1470KnJ7 | 1160SH4 | |||
| Arima Toyouji | a provincial samurai | Emperor Go-Shirakawa | |||
In Annulo | |||||
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| Three Fans | Tokugawa Hollyhock | ||||
| 1638SH63 | 1567en.wp:Tokugawa clan | ||||
| Matsudaira (Okochi) Nobutsua | Tokugawa | ||||
In Fess | |||||
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| Five Feathers | |||||
| 1470KnJ7 | |||||
| a provincial samurai | |||||
Insect | |||||
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| Taira Butterfly | |||||
| 1185SHA.4 | |||||
| Taira | |||||
Knot | |||||
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| Agemaki Knot | |||||
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| a provincial samurai | |||||
Ladder | |||||
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| Eight-rung Ladder | |||||
| 1638IEJFC63.4 | |||||
| Matsudaira (Okochi) Nobutsuna | |||||
Leaf | |||||
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| Two Hollyhock Leaves | Tokugawa Hollyhock | ||||
| 1470KnJ7 | 1567en.wp:Tokugawa clan | ||||
| a provincial samurai | Tokugawa | ||||
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| Tricolor Sun Fan | |||||
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Paulownia | |||||
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| Five-three paulownia | Minamoto Gentian | Peace Paulownia | |||
| 1392SH15 | 1185SHA.3 | 1470KnJ7 | |||
| Ashikaga | Minamoto | a provincial samurai | |||
Plant | |||||
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| Fan with Bamboo | Three Bamboo Poles | ||||
| 1470KnJ7 | 1470KnJ7 | ||||
| a provincial samurai | a provincial samurai | ||||
Semy | |||||
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| Semy of Oxalis | |||||
| 1585SH6.5 | |||||
| Chosokabe Motochika | |||||
Swastika | |||||
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| Swastika on Disc | Tsugaru Swastika | ||||
| 1638SH62 | 1610SHI,62 | ||||
| Hachisuka Iemasa | Tsugaru Nobuhira | ||||
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| Left Three Tomoe | Right Three Tomoe | Three Tomoe Circle | |||
| 1584SHF4 | 1593SH60 | 1638SHJ9 | |||
| Maeda Toshiie | Kobayakawa Takakage | Itakura Shigemasa | |||
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| Natagama | |||||
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| Ōno Harufusa | |||||
Wheel | |||||
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| Carriage Wheel | Partial Wheel | ||||
| 1185Dower130 | 1598SHE7,60 | ||||
| unknown | Ikoma Chikamasa | ||||
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Sources Cited
- Dower: John W. Dower. The Elements of Japanese Design: A Handbook of Family Crests, Heraldry & Symbolism. Shambhala Publications, 1990.
- IEJFC: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Japanese Family Crests. Graphic-sha, 2001.
- KS: 見聞諸家紋 (Kenmon Shokamon). 1467–1470.
http://go.xavid.us/kenmon-shokamon - KnJ: 高澤等 (Takasawa, Hitoshi). 家紋の事典 (Kamon no Jiten). 東京堂出版 (Tōkyō-dō Shuppan), 2008.
- SH: Stephen Turnbull. Samurai Heraldry. Osprey Publishing, 2002.
- en.wp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
