From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an incomplete list of kamon (Japanese house emblems) and their translations, in alphabetical order.

A Information

  • Abe-seizeishou (安倍清晴判) - Abe purification seal / pentagram
  • agemaki (総角) - agemaki knot
  • akadori (赤鳥) - comb
    • akadori-bishi (赤鳥菱) - comb embedded in diamond
    • Imagawa akadori (今川赤鳥) - Imagawa comb - Imagawa clan
  • aoi (葵) - wild ginger (Asarum caulescens) or hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
    • futaba aoi (二葉葵) / Kamo aoi (賀茂葵) - two-leaf aoi / Kamo aoi - Kamo clan, Kamo Shrine
      • hanatsuki futaba aoi (花付き二葉葵) - flowering two-leaf aoi
    • Honda tabane aoi (本多束ね葵) - Honda bundled aoi - Honda clan
    • mitsuba aoi (三つ葉葵) - trefoil aoi
      • ken mitsuba aoi (剣三つ葵) - trefoil aoi embedded with swords
      • kikurin ni mitsuba aoi (菊輪に三つ葉葵) - trefoil aoi encircled by chrysanthemum ring
      • maru ni mitsuba aoi (丸に三つ葵) - trefoil aoi encircled - Tokugawa clan
    • tachi-aoi (立ち葵) - standing aoi - Honda clan, Kawakatsu clan
      • hana tachi-aoi (花立ち葵) - standing aoi in bloom
      • hara tachi-aoi (原立ち葵) - standing aoi in field
      • tachi-aoi-bishi (立ち葵菱) - standing aoi embedded in diamond
    • ura-aoi (裏葵) - aoi underleaf
  • asa (麻) - hemp (Cannabis sativa)
    • asa no ha (麻の葉) - hemp leaf
      • ito-ori ni mame asa no ha (糸輪に豆麻の葉) - small hemp leaf encircled by thread
      • maru ni asa no ha (丸に麻の葉) - hemp leaf encircled
  • asagao (朝顔) - morning glory (Ipomoea nil)
  • ashi (芦・蘆・葦・葭) - rush (Phragmites australis)
  • awa (粟) - foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

B Information

  • botan (牡丹) - peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

C Information

  • chouban (打板・提盤) - hand tray
  • chouji (丁子) - clove (Syzygium aromaticum)

E Information

F Information

  • fuji (藤) - wisteria (Wisteria)
  • fumi (文) - literature / writing
    • koibumi (恋文) - love letter
    • musubi-fumi (結び文) - bound letter
  • fundou (分銅) - weight

D Information

  • daikon (大根) - daikon (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
  • daikyokuzu (太極図) - taijitu (diagram of the supreme ultimate / yin-yang symbol)
    • fuusha ni daikyokuzu (風車に太極図) - taijitu encircled by windmill

G Information

  • gaku (額) - framed picture - Koide clan
  • Gion-mamori (祇園守) - Gion protective amulet
  • gyouyou (杏葉) - stylized apricot leaves

H Information

  • hagi (萩) - bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor)
    • hagi no maru (萩の丸) - bush clover disc
  • hasu (蓮) lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
    • hasu no ha (蓮の葉) - lotus leaf
    • hasu no hana (蓮の花) - lotus flower
  • hei (幣) - Shinto wand
  • hiiragi (柊) - holly osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus)
  • hishi (菱) stylized water caltrop (Trapa japonica) / heraldic diamond

I Information

  • ichou (銀杏) - ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
  • ikari (碇) - anchor
    • yotsu-ikari (四つ碇) - four anchors
  • ine (稲) - rice (Oryza sativa)
  • itadori (虎杖) - Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

K Information

  • kabuto (兜) - helmet
  • kaede / momiji (楓) - maple (Acer)
  • kaji (梶) - paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
  • kaki (柿) - persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
  • kakitsubata (杜若) - rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
  • kama (鎌) - sickle
    • chuuwa ni chigai kama (中輪に違い鎌) - sickles crossed and encircled
  • kanawa (金輪) - metal ring
  • kasa (傘) / karakasa (唐笠) - paper umbrella
  • kasa (笠) - bamboo hat
  • kashiwa (柏) - daimyo oak (Quercus dentata)
  • katabami (片喰・酢漿草) - creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)
  • kiku (菊) - chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum × morifolium)
  • kikyou (桔梗) - bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
  • kiri (桐) - empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
  • kouhone (河骨) - waterlily (Nuphar japonicum)
  • kuginuki (釘抜) - stylized nail puller
  • kuruma (車) - cart / cart wheel
  • kurusu (久留守) - cross sign
    • hana kurusu (花久留守) - flower cross
    • hanagutsuwa kurusu (花轡久留守) - flower bit cross
    • Nakagawa kurusu (中川久留子) - Nakagawa cross
  • kutsuwa (轡) - stylized bit
  • kuwagata (鍬形) - spade
    • Kishuu kuwagata (紀州鍬形) - Kishū spade

M Information

  • masakari (鉞) - battle-axe
  • masu (枡・升) - square wooden measuring cup
  • matsu (松) - pine (Pinus)
  • myouga (茗荷) - myoga (Zingiber mioga)

N Information

  • nadeshiko (撫子) - large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus)

O Information

  • omodaka (沢瀉) - arrowhead (Sagittaria trifolia)
  • oshiki (折敷) - wooden tray
  • oobako (車前草) - plantain (Plantago asiatica)
  • ougi (扇) - paper fan
    • hiougi (檜扇) - wood-bladed fan
    • uchiwa (団扇) - flat fan
      • gunbai-uchiwa (軍配団扇) / tou-uchiwa (唐団扇) - flat war fan

R Information

  • ran (蘭) - orchid (Orchidaceae)
  • rindou (竜胆) - gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri) - Ishikawa clan
  • rinpou (輪宝) - Buddhist symbol cakraratna (lit. wheel treasure)
  • ryuugo (立鼓) - standing drum

S Information

  • sakura (桜) - cherry blossom (Prunus serrulata)
  • sasa (笹) - sasa bamboo (Sasa)
  • seiden (井田) - stylized well-field
  • shouchikubai (松竹梅) - bamboo, pine, and plum - Nichimoku
  • shuro (棕櫚) - windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) - Yonekitsu clan
    • dakishuro (抱き棕櫚) - folded palm fronds - Kanou clan
  • sugi (杉) - cryptomeria (Cryptomeria japonica)
  • suhama (州浜・洲浜) - sandy beach

T Information

  • tachibana (橘) - tachibana orange (Citrus × tachibana)
  • take (竹) - bamboo (Phyllostachys)
    • take no ko (筍) - bamboo shoot
      • Hasegawa take no ko (長谷川筍) - Hasegawa bamboo shoot - Hasegawa clan
  • tenchi (天地) - square embedded within circle (lit. heaven and earth)
  • tessen (鉄仙・鉄線) - clematis (Clematis) - Nagai clan
  • tsurumaki (弦巻) - rolled scroll
  • tsuta (蔦) - Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) -

U Information

Y Information

  • ya (矢) - arrow
  • yamabuki (山吹) - kerria (Kerria japonica) - Daimaru clan, Shimomura clan
  • yuiwata (結綿) - bundle of raw cotton

Z Information

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an incomplete list of kamon (Japanese house emblems) and their translations, in alphabetical order.

A Information

  • Abe-seizeishou (安倍清晴判) - Abe purification seal / pentagram
  • agemaki (総角) - agemaki knot
  • akadori (赤鳥) - comb
    • akadori-bishi (赤鳥菱) - comb embedded in diamond
    • Imagawa akadori (今川赤鳥) - Imagawa comb - Imagawa clan
  • aoi (葵) - wild ginger (Asarum caulescens) or hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
    • futaba aoi (二葉葵) / Kamo aoi (賀茂葵) - two-leaf aoi / Kamo aoi - Kamo clan, Kamo Shrine
      • hanatsuki futaba aoi (花付き二葉葵) - flowering two-leaf aoi
    • Honda tabane aoi (本多束ね葵) - Honda bundled aoi - Honda clan
    • mitsuba aoi (三つ葉葵) - trefoil aoi
      • ken mitsuba aoi (剣三つ葵) - trefoil aoi embedded with swords
      • kikurin ni mitsuba aoi (菊輪に三つ葉葵) - trefoil aoi encircled by chrysanthemum ring
      • maru ni mitsuba aoi (丸に三つ葵) - trefoil aoi encircled - Tokugawa clan
    • tachi-aoi (立ち葵) - standing aoi - Honda clan, Kawakatsu clan
      • hana tachi-aoi (花立ち葵) - standing aoi in bloom
      • hara tachi-aoi (原立ち葵) - standing aoi in field
      • tachi-aoi-bishi (立ち葵菱) - standing aoi embedded in diamond
    • ura-aoi (裏葵) - aoi underleaf
  • asa (麻) - hemp (Cannabis sativa)
    • asa no ha (麻の葉) - hemp leaf
      • ito-ori ni mame asa no ha (糸輪に豆麻の葉) - small hemp leaf encircled by thread
      • maru ni asa no ha (丸に麻の葉) - hemp leaf encircled
  • asagao (朝顔) - morning glory (Ipomoea nil)
  • ashi (芦・蘆・葦・葭) - rush (Phragmites australis)
  • awa (粟) - foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

B Information

  • botan (牡丹) - peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

C Information

  • chouban (打板・提盤) - hand tray
  • chouji (丁子) - clove (Syzygium aromaticum)

E Information

F Information

  • fuji (藤) - wisteria (Wisteria)
  • fumi (文) - literature / writing
    • koibumi (恋文) - love letter
    • musubi-fumi (結び文) - bound letter
  • fundou (分銅) - weight

D Information

  • daikon (大根) - daikon (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
  • daikyokuzu (太極図) - taijitu (diagram of the supreme ultimate / yin-yang symbol)
    • fuusha ni daikyokuzu (風車に太極図) - taijitu encircled by windmill

G Information

  • gaku (額) - framed picture - Koide clan
  • Gion-mamori (祇園守) - Gion protective amulet
  • gyouyou (杏葉) - stylized apricot leaves

H Information

  • hagi (萩) - bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor)
    • hagi no maru (萩の丸) - bush clover disc
  • hasu (蓮) lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
    • hasu no ha (蓮の葉) - lotus leaf
    • hasu no hana (蓮の花) - lotus flower
  • hei (幣) - Shinto wand
  • hiiragi (柊) - holly osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus)
  • hishi (菱) stylized water caltrop (Trapa japonica) / heraldic diamond

I Information

  • ichou (銀杏) - ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
  • ikari (碇) - anchor
    • yotsu-ikari (四つ碇) - four anchors
  • ine (稲) - rice (Oryza sativa)
  • itadori (虎杖) - Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

K Information

  • kabuto (兜) - helmet
  • kaede / momiji (楓) - maple (Acer)
  • kaji (梶) - paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
  • kaki (柿) - persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
  • kakitsubata (杜若) - rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
  • kama (鎌) - sickle
    • chuuwa ni chigai kama (中輪に違い鎌) - sickles crossed and encircled
  • kanawa (金輪) - metal ring
  • kasa (傘) / karakasa (唐笠) - paper umbrella
  • kasa (笠) - bamboo hat
  • kashiwa (柏) - daimyo oak (Quercus dentata)
  • katabami (片喰・酢漿草) - creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)
  • kiku (菊) - chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum × morifolium)
  • kikyou (桔梗) - bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
  • kiri (桐) - empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
  • kouhone (河骨) - waterlily (Nuphar japonicum)
  • kuginuki (釘抜) - stylized nail puller
  • kuruma (車) - cart / cart wheel
  • kurusu (久留守) - cross sign
    • hana kurusu (花久留守) - flower cross
    • hanagutsuwa kurusu (花轡久留守) - flower bit cross
    • Nakagawa kurusu (中川久留子) - Nakagawa cross
  • kutsuwa (轡) - stylized bit
  • kuwagata (鍬形) - spade
    • Kishuu kuwagata (紀州鍬形) - Kishū spade

M Information

  • masakari (鉞) - battle-axe
  • masu (枡・升) - square wooden measuring cup
  • matsu (松) - pine (Pinus)
  • myouga (茗荷) - myoga (Zingiber mioga)

N Information

  • nadeshiko (撫子) - large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus)

O Information

  • omodaka (沢瀉) - arrowhead (Sagittaria trifolia)
  • oshiki (折敷) - wooden tray
  • oobako (車前草) - plantain (Plantago asiatica)
  • ougi (扇) - paper fan
    • hiougi (檜扇) - wood-bladed fan
    • uchiwa (団扇) - flat fan
      • gunbai-uchiwa (軍配団扇) / tou-uchiwa (唐団扇) - flat war fan

R Information

  • ran (蘭) - orchid (Orchidaceae)
  • rindou (竜胆) - gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri) - Ishikawa clan
  • rinpou (輪宝) - Buddhist symbol cakraratna (lit. wheel treasure)
  • ryuugo (立鼓) - standing drum

S Information

  • sakura (桜) - cherry blossom (Prunus serrulata)
  • sasa (笹) - sasa bamboo (Sasa)
  • seiden (井田) - stylized well-field
  • shouchikubai (松竹梅) - bamboo, pine, and plum - Nichimoku
  • shuro (棕櫚) - windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) - Yonekitsu clan
    • dakishuro (抱き棕櫚) - folded palm fronds - Kanou clan
  • sugi (杉) - cryptomeria (Cryptomeria japonica)
  • suhama (州浜・洲浜) - sandy beach

T Information

  • tachibana (橘) - tachibana orange (Citrus × tachibana)
  • take (竹) - bamboo (Phyllostachys)
    • take no ko (筍) - bamboo shoot
      • Hasegawa take no ko (長谷川筍) - Hasegawa bamboo shoot - Hasegawa clan
  • tenchi (天地) - square embedded within circle (lit. heaven and earth)
  • tessen (鉄仙・鉄線) - clematis (Clematis) - Nagai clan
  • tsurumaki (弦巻) - rolled scroll
  • tsuta (蔦) - Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) -

U Information

Y Information

  • ya (矢) - arrow
  • yamabuki (山吹) - kerria (Kerria japonica) - Daimaru clan, Shimomura clan
  • yuiwata (結綿) - bundle of raw cotton

Z Information


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