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The mon of the Toyotomi Clan, now used as the emblem of the Japanese Government; originally an emblem of the imperial family—a stylized paulownia.. Mon (紋), also called monshō (紋章), mondokoro (紋所), and kamon (家紋), are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual, a family, or (more recently) an institution, municipality or business entity.
The Matsunaga clan (松永氏, Matsunaga-shi) is a Japanese Samurai Clan who are descended from the Fujiwara clan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The lineage of Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide strengthens the Matsunaga clan's claim to Fujiwara lineage through Hisahide's nephew, Tadatoshi Naito (also known as Naito Joan and Fujiwara John).
Feudal Japan had a complex system of heraldry, just like medieval Europe did, complete with family crests and a variety of flags to distinguish lords, clans, or individual warriors on the battlefield.
Maru-ni-mitsuba'aoi ("Circle Around Three Hollyhock Leaves"), the Tokugawa clan's crest (). The Tokugawa Go-san-ke (徳川御三家, "the Three Houses of the Tokugawa"), also called simply Go-san-ke (御三家, "the Noble Three Houses"), or even San-ke (三家, "the three houses"), were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari, Kii, and Mito, all of which were ...
The family crest of Satake Yoshishige is called the five bones fan.If you look closely, you can see that five bones are used for the fan. In this Japanese name , the surname is Satake . The Satake clan ( 佐 竹 氏 , Satake-shi ) was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan .
English: Two crossed falcon feathers. The name of the crest is Maruni chigai takanoha (丸に違鷹羽) and it belongs to the families Kubo and Hidaka. There may be other families bearing similar crest.
Oda Nobunaga first claimed that the Oda clan was descended from the Fujiwara clan, and later claimed descent from Taira no Sukemori of the Taira clan.According to the official genealogy of the Oda clan, after Taira no Sukemori was killed in the Battle of Dannoura in 1185, Taira no Chikazane, the son of Sukemori and a concubine, was entrusted to a Shinto priest at a Shinto Shrine in Otanosho in ...
The Imperial Seal of Japan or National Seal of Japan, also called the Chrysanthemum Seal (菊紋, kikumon), Chrysanthemum Flower Seal (菊花紋, 菊花紋章, kikukamon, kikukamonshō) or Imperial chrysanthemum emblem (菊の御紋, kikunogomon), is the mon used by the Emperor of Japan and members of the Imperial Family.