Fitting never cease to amaze me in their subtle underlying tones and themes. This pair, that I have had for years, looked of a bug ???, but I felt there must be more to it. Just fell in to the discovery, that they are, indeed, mons of the samurai crest of one of 3 familys; Taira, Seki, or Ikeda II. Attached are the menuki pair; the discovered catalyst kozuka, from online browsing, and an example crest of the Samurai family design. It seems the butterfly has more than historical merit, dating bac
