Sign on armour -do

[Caracal]

Hii

Can anyone help me point this out on an armor (do).

The character is big on Japanese or? Is it a mon and if so what clan is it ..

 

Robert

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[IanB]

Robert, Small heraldic badges are not uncommon on armour, often across the front below the mune-ita or on the bottom row of sode, shikoro and gessan. 

Ian Bottomley

[uwe]

Yes,

it’s an “ogi” (folding fan) paired with the character for “dai” (or “o”, used by the “Okubo” for example).

Can’t find a match in my references, sry....

[Guest]

Good afternoon Gentlemen,

 

If it were a Kamon, then I would hazard: Gohon Bone Ougi Ni Dai no Ji (five staved fan with the kanji character "Dai").

 

What say you Piers old bean?

 

[uwe]

Hi Malcolm,

 

I think the number of sticks are spared out in the description of this mon. Hence, no “gohon bone”....

In one of my references is merely a notation, that the fan of the “Satake” bears 5 “ribs”. Maybe I’m wrong, as so often 

[Bugyotsuji]

Although Malcom's description does not bring up the exact Kamon, he has got it right. I ran a search on: 五本骨扇に大の字　家紋

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=%E4%BA%94%E6%9C%AC%E9%AA%A8%E6%89%87%E3%81%AB%E5%A4%A7%E3%81%AE%E5%AD%97%E3%80%80%E5%AE%B6%E7%B4%8B&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwih3fCqlLzoAhVK7ZQKHfm5A-AQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=%E4%BA%94%E6%9C%AC%E9%AA%A8%E6%89%87%E3%81%AB%E5%A4%A7%E3%81%AE%E5%AD%97%E3%80%80%E5%AE%B6%E7%B4%8B&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDFCVzQRYp-EEYKn1BGgAcAB4AIABgQGIAewBkgEDMC4ymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ei=Srt-XqGQOcra0wT5846ADg&bih=625&biw=1366

[Caracal]

Hii all,

 

The same sign is found on my suji hachi kabuto fukigaeshi

 

Robert

 

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[Chishiki]

Hi. From a Japanese text.  Mark

[Guest]

Hi Mark,

 

Thank you for posting the image, but it looks like a 8 stave fan without any kanji. 

 

I guess it would be called "Hachihon Bone Ougi".