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  2. Mon (emblem) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of ukiyo-e terms - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese terms for vertical (portrait) and horizontal (landscape) formats for images are tate-e (縦絵) and yoko-e (横絵), respectively. Below is a table of common Tokugawa-period print sizes. Sizes varied depending on the period, and those given are approximate they are based on the pre-printing paper sizes, and paper was often trimmed ...

  4. National symbols of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japanese Koi: National instrument: Koto: Japanese Koto: National stone: Jade: Jade: De facto National mount: Mount Fuji (Fujisan) Mount Fuji: De facto National sport: Sumo: Sumo: Flag of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: Rising Sun Flag: Naval Ensign of Japan: Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ...

  5. National seals of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan Crest free material hakkodaiodo—Detailed commentary on Japanese kamon and a list of images. Free material is eps format. Free material is eps format. (in Japanese)

  6. File:Japanese vowel chart.svg - Wikipedia

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    2009-02-19T21:21:35Z Moxfyre 980x720 (18429 Bytes) fonts Bitstream->DejaVu (apparently all the IPA symbols actually come from DejaVu which is a derivative of Bitstream... whoops) 2009-02-19T18:25:44Z Moxfyre 980x720 (18659 Bytes) Added example vowel markers and labels, margins with room for labels, and explanatory text, split into separate SVG ...

  7. Ensō - Wikipedia

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    Ensō (c. 2000) by Kanjuro Shibata XX.Some artists draw ensō with an opening in the circle, while others close the circle.. In Zen art, an ensō (円 相, "circular form") [1] is a circle hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes to express the Zen mind, which is associated with enlightenment, emptiness, freedom, and the state of no-mind.

  8. Tomoe - Wikipedia

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    Tomoe (巴, also written 鞆絵), [a] commonly translated as "comma", [2] [3] is a comma-like swirl symbol used in Japanese mon (roughly equivalent to a heraldic badge or charge in European heraldry). It closely resembles the usual form of a magatama. The tomoe appears in many designs with various uses.

  9. Imperial Seal of Japan - Wikipedia

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    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.