This
week I looked into my family mon to find out more about it. first I looked into mon’s
in general. Mon is a general term that refers to japanese emblems that is used
to decorate an individual or a family. In history it was used only for
aristrocratic families, but over the years they have been adapted and used by commoners as well. Usually the eldest male in the family
inherits the mon and the younger son’s usually take the mon and modify it if
they get married. There are more than 10,000 crests that have been reported
from making modifications over time all the way to present day.
There are six commonly recognized divisions of mon:
plants, animals, natural phenomena, man-made objects, abstract designs, and ji
(kanji characters). My family mon is called a “Mokkou” which is part of the
plant category. The mokkou itself represents a cross-section
of a gourd. I have read other places that it is also looks like a cut cucumber.
The term mokkou in Japanese can mean meditative or
contemplating. Last week I thought that my crest was similar to oda nobunaga’s
crest and it turns out that they are. His crest is also considered a mokkou as
well. My crest is just a different variation.
There are six commonly recognized divisions of mon:
plants, animals, natural phenomena, man-made objects, abstract designs, and ji
(kanji characters). My family mon is called a “Mokkou” which is part of the
plant category. The mokkou itself represents a cross-section
of a gourd. I have read other places that it is also looks like a cut cucumber.
The term mokkou in Japanese can mean meditative or
contemplating. Last week I thought that my crest was similar to oda nobunaga’s
crest and it turns out that they are. His crest is also considered a mokkou as
well. My crest is just a different variation.
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