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Kamon: Japanese family crests
- brudgers 11y agoBackground on kamon (家紋): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)
- Aeolun 11y agoThank you. I was wondering why this wasn't part of the article itself.
- icanhackit 11y agoThe Wikipedia page contains a link to some 6939 Mon here: https://x181.secure.ne.jp/~x181007/kamon/goodslist.cgi https://x181.secure.ne.jp/~x181007/kamon/goodslist.cgi
- showerst 11y agoSakana restaurant in DC has really cool placemats that are tiled with these. They look similar to http://www.zazzle.com/kamon_pattern_cloth_place_mat-193223188462171600 http://www.zazzle.com/kamon_pattern_cloth_place_mat-19322318...
- colmvp 11y agoThe site took ripped all the images from original source without including the Japanese translation of the crest and just presented on their own blog in a list. Sure, they credited the source, but the idea of ripping all content from another site without really adding much to it seems kind of scummy. For example, if I liked an illustrator, I'd just choose a few of their works to highlight while linking back to their website to see the remainder of images.
- wyclif 11y agoIt's interesting how the first one looks like a triquetra. John Bonham (of Led Zeppelin) would have no doubt been pleased.
- zorpner 11y agoIt's a set of Borromean rings, a personal favorite "knot" (really a braid) of mine and a remarkably common occurrence in iconography once you start looking for them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borromean_rings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borromean_rings
- cbracken 11y agoFor a much larger collection, there's http://kamondb.com http://kamondb.com. The navbar at the top jumps between categories. e.g. Plant-related kamon: http://kamondb.com/plant http://kamondb.com/plant.
- imron 11y agoGood to see the Triforce in there.