Mon Inquiry

[Ray Singer]

Would appreciate if anyone is able to help identify the kamon on the fuchi below.

 

Kind regards,

Ray

[Baka Gaijin]

Good evening Ray,

 

That's a really interesting and perplexing item, but is it a pre modern Kamon, or Kamon at all, I wonder?

 

It looks like  two large Ken on the horizontal and two smaller Ken on the vertical cardinal directions, with stylised leaves in the ordinal directions.

 

What age do you think it may be?

[Ray Singer]

Hi Malcolm, you are correct about the four ken. I thought it might be an adaptation of an existing kamon, perhaps with two of the ken elongated behind their typical length.

 

As far as age, I did not think the piece is early (but am open to thoughts there).

[Guido]

I couldn't find an exact match, but I think you can't be wrong calling it 剣花 kenka.

 

https://www.google.co.jp/search?biw=1280&bih=667&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=TSM4W_u0NcS-0gTZgKOQAg&q=%E5%89%A3%E8%8A%B1%E5%AE%B6%E7%B4%8B&oq=%E5%89%A3%E8%8A%B1%E5%AE%B6%E7%B4%8B&gs_l=img.3..0i8i7i30k1.12835.14917.0.16670.7.7.0.0.0.0.109.620.6j1.7.0....0...1c.1j4.64.img..0.2.193...0i23k1j0i24i23k1j0i5i30i23k1.0.HilYItaKClg

[Ray Singer]

Thanks Guido!