Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by France98 » Wed, Nov 18, 2015, 1:00 PM UTC

Kamon: Japanese family crests
blog.presentandcorrect.com

Re: Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by brudgers » Wed, Nov 18, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

Background on kamon (家紋):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)

Re: Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by showerst » Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 12:29 AM UTC

Sakana restaurant in DC has really cool placemats that are tiled with these. They look similar to http://www.zazzle.com/kamon_pattern_cloth_place_mat-19322318...

Re: Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by Aeolun » Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 12:47 AM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #2

Background on kamon (家紋): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)

Thank you. I was wondering why this wasn't part of the article itself.

Re: Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by colmvp » Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 1:08 AM UTC

The site took ripped all the images from original source without including the Japanese translation of the crest and just presented on their own blog in a list. Sure, they credited the source, but the idea of ripping all content from another site without really adding much to it seems kind of scummy. For example, if I liked an illustrator, I'd just choose a few of their works to highlight while linking back to their website to see the remainder of images.

Re: Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by wyclif » Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 1:14 AM UTC

It's interesting how the first one looks like a triquetra. John Bonham (of Led Zeppelin) would have no doubt been pleased.

Re: Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by cbracken » Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 1:53 AM UTC

For a much larger collection, there's http://kamondb.com. The navbar at the top jumps between categories. e.g. Plant-related kamon: http://kamondb.com/plant.

Re: Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by imron » Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 2:01 AM UTC

Good to see the Triforce in there.

Re: Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by icanhackit » Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 2:24 AM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #2

Background on kamon (家紋): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)

The Wikipedia page contains a link to some 6939 Mon here: https://x181.secure.ne.jp/~x181007/kamon/goodslist.cgi

Re: Kamon: Japanese family crests

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Post by zorpner » Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 3:37 AM UTC

wyclif wrote: post #6

It's interesting how the first one looks like a triquetra. John Bonham (of Led Zeppelin) would have no doubt been pleased.

It's a set of Borromean rings, a personal favorite "knot" (really a braid) of mine and a remarkably common occurrence in iconography once you start looking for them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borromean_rings