raaay Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Here a few of mine , I have never got round to finding out what they are ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Hi Ray Image 1 No 1 from the left: Maru Ni Omodaka (Water Plantain within a circle) No 2 from the left: Most likely a family name like you see on personal seals. (one for Steve M or Nobody san) No 3 from the left: Igeta Ni Mitsu Tomoe (Three comma shaped jewels within a well curb) Image 2 Sorry I can't work it out can you take a snap in daylight please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raaay Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Hi Malcolm many thanks , I will try and get a better picture of the single one . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 No. 2... The right side is 家, the left side is...? Maybe 安家 (various pronunciations: Anke, Yasuka, Akka), but that is a very rare last name. There are some kamon with letters in them, but nothing like this. So I'd also say it's meant to be a family name and not a kamon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJASWORDS Posted September 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 These are the two swords I put up on the "Pinned Kabutogane" thread . These are early '94's with lovely thick tsubas. The interesting feature is the Mon located on the fuchi. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hi Neil No 1: Maru Ni Chigai Ya (Arrow flights crossed within a circle) No 2: Rindo Guruma (Gentian leaves and flowers as a wheel) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menpo Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hi gents I was wondering if anyone could identify these mon and the possible families that used them. I've had them for years and had no luck identifying them. I'd greatly appreciate any help you could give. Thanks in advance everyone. Gethin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hi Bryce No 1 is known as Maru Ni Umebachi No 2 is known as Maru Ni Futatsu Biki Hi Bruce the one ascribed to Ashikaga in your illustration is a variant called Maru Ni Uhini Futatsu Biki (See how the two horizontal bars are separated from the circle). http://gari.boo.jp/cafepress/cafepress_hikiryo.html Thanks Malcolm/Bruce. Cheers, Bryce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Is there any listing out there of more "simple" mon? Also how important is a circle around the design into identifying the mon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hi Gethin No 1: Igeta Ni Futstsu Biki (Two lines within a well curb) No2: Maru Ni Shikaku Futatsu Biki (Two lines within a square within a circle) No 3: Maru Ni Hana Warabi (Bracken Flowers within a circle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hi David, As far as I know, the Maru circle defines the Kamon, the same shape without the circle is a variant Kamon. Can you show the simple Kamon you have in mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 One Bryce found, posted on the “pinned kabu” thread: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Hi Bruce, Unfortunately It is unclear as to how many petals are there above the leaves and whether the petals and leaves are rounded (Kiri) or angular (Onikiri). Can you get a clearer image please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNSSHOGUN Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Bruce has some gremlins in his computer that always upload tiny pictures for some reason! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Cheers John Gosankiri (3 - 5 - 3) Paulownia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Hi David, As far as I know, the Maru circle defines the Kamon, the same shape without the circle is a variant Kamon. Can you show the simple Kamon you have in mind? Sure! It's a fairly simple mon, and I think I've seen it a few times in google searches, but my Japanese is not very good. It's a five petaled flower, on the sheath of a naginata. it looks like a Kikyo, but the petal ends go inwards and not outwards. Is it a cherry blossom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Hi David, Correct, it is cherry blossom and your variation is called Sakura The type that we often encounter on Army Gunto fittings is the version with stamens called Yamato Zakura, not to be confused with Yae Yamato Zakura (Double blossom with stamens) which is on the menuki and haikan of Army Gunto. Kaigunto menuki display Maru Ni Yamato Zakura ( Stamen version within a circle). Kikyo is the balloon flower, but can easily be mistaken for cherry blossom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Sakura... I should have known to look for that. Thanks Malcolm! Is there any particular clan who uses that Kamon, or is just a pretty standard military marking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16k Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Interesting link about mons. Scroll to the bottom of the page for a whole lot of them and their names! https://doyouknowjapan.com/symbols/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Hi JP & David, I get a warning of malicious possible activity from that site. That just might be my Anti virus and UK connections. These show safe: https://www.samurai-archives.com/crest1.html http://www.tozandoshop.com/v/vspfiles/kamon/index.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16k Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 I don’t have this so I can’t tell you. I’ve been several times there from my IPad and never had an issue, but if your Antivirus tells you not to, please exerce caution. If necessary and others experience it, I’ll try and make screen captures of the relevant pictures. EDIT: I’ve captured them all, but there are 46 pictures, so I have to see if I can make a PDF file from my IPad to upload them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.hennick Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 This is not a mon on a WWII sword but I have been looking for information on it for years. All help will be appreciated, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Hi Barry, Wow, that's a rare one At first glance, it looks like it might be Rindo Hana Guruma (A variation on Gentian flowers in a wheel form). Or maybe Nanatsu Rindo Hana (7 Gentian flowers) However Kamon showing Gentian are mainly depicted with its leaves, or sometimes in combination with Bamboo leaves As a matter of passing interest, there is a version called Hagakure Rindomon - Gentian hidden amongst leaves Try searching with this: 葉隠竜胆紋 https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en-GB&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1600&bih=757&ei=dpJwXabMJsLKgweFhregDA&q=%E8%91%89%E9%9A%A0%E7%AB%9C%E8%83%86%E7%B4%8B&oq=%E8%91%89%E9%9A%A0%E7%AB%9C%E8%83%86%E7%B4%8B&gs_l=img.3...1655.1655..2150...0.0..0.50.50.1......0....2j1..gws-wiz-img.5FNZB35ZSBs&ved=0ahUKEwim3-q277jkAhVC5eAKHQXDDcQQ4dUDCAU&uact=5 Hi again JP, iPad would explain why no possible malicious flagging, I'm using a PC for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJASWORDS Posted September 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 This I have been told is more a good luck charm rather than a family mon. It looks like a ginger plant. Help would be appreciated . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Hi Neil It's a Kamon and quite an important group, yours is known as Maru Ni Daki Myoga (Ginger "embracing" within a circle) Very big in the Saga area of Kyushu and the Nabeshima Han, which was a variant minus the Maru also used by the late Fujii Okimitsu Sensei for Kenseikai Dojo in the UK as many NMB members will fondly remember. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 Hi Barry, There is an anomaly in your Kamon, which just struck me. There are seven flowers, the majority flower or leaf Kamon combinations are either singular, paired, or in groups which balance the frame i.e 3, 6 or 8. Might this be an allusion to Shichisei Hōkoku! (七生報國; "Would that I had seven lives to give for my Emperor!") (Kusunoki Masasue's last words). Given that the Kamon for the Kusunoki was Kikusui: the Imperial Chrysanthemum floating upon the tides or the stream, and the the Kamon for the Kusunoki's sworn enemies, the MInamoto inspired Kamakura Shogunate, was three gentian flowers above three bamboo leaves. , but worth investigation perhaps. Expanding on my thought, are the 7 gentian flowers representing the 7 lives to be given for the Emperor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.hennick Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 Thanks Malcolm! I reread your post but I'm having difficulty following what you are getting at. Can you expand on your post? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 Who cant ID their Moms ?? What? Oh sorry cataracts carry on 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16k Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 Thanks Stephen, I had quite a laugh at that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJASWORDS Posted September 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 One of my all time favorites , always looks old time Samurai to me . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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