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KATABAMI  MON

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​A Kamon is a family emblem used to identify an individual clan or family in Japan.  There are 241 kinds and 5000 Kamon exist in Japan.
In Japan, each family has its unique family crest inherited from ancestors.
Kamon has been developed among court nobles in the Heian period; however, after the mid-Kamakura period, each samurai started to have their own Kamon. In the battlefield, they decorated everything from curtains, flags, banners to sword scabbards with their own Kamon, and used it to show off their military achievements or to distinguish friend from foe. 
And in the Edo period, Kamon started to be used by the general public as well.
The most popular kamons portray plants, animals, insects, geographic features, abstract designs and others.

Types of Kamon
There are several different types of kamon; Shokubutsu mon (plant crests), Doubutsu mon (animal crests), Chodo mon (furniture crests such as arms, religious tools, life tools), Tennen mon (nature crests such as snow, cloud and moon), Onyo mon (pattern crests), 
Moji mon (character crests) and Kenzo mon (architecture crests).


​植物紋 PLANT CREST
​There is the widest variety of plant crests among all crests, with a flower or a leaf as a motif. 
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片喰紋 KATABAMI MON - A plant crest with oxalis as a motif.
Oxalis ( Wood sorrel ) is prolific and for that, it was loved mainly by the samurai families; 
they believed that this plant signified prosperity.

Katabami mon was used by samurai lords, such as Motochika Chosogabe who ruled the Shikoku area 
or Shigetada Sakai, the loyal vassal of Ieyasu Tokugawa. 


​There are about 120 kinds of KATABAMI kamon with Oxalis, which has heart-shaped leaves, as a motif.
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剣片喰 KENKATABAMI
Sword of the sword
Ukita Naoya and Ukita Hideya are famous Sengoku warlords
​who used KenKatabami mon
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​姫路剣片喰 HIMEJIKENKATABAMI
Himeji Ken Katabami
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​若狭剣片喰 WAKASAKENKATABAMI
Wakasaken Katabami
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​七つ酢漿草 NANATSUKATABAMI
Seven sweet sake
This family crest was used by the Nagasoka Gosei, who is known for unifying Shikoku
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​三つ銀杏に片喰 MITSUICHONIKATABAMI
Katabami in three ginkgo
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​三つ追い銀杏に片喰 MITSUOIICHONIKATABAMI
Katabami to three chasing ginkgo​
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​丸に片喰 MARUNIKATABAMI
Katabami in a circle
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​総陰片喰 SOUKAGEKATABAMI
Total shaman a one-sided crest
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​捻じ片喰 NEJIKATABAMI
Torsion (one screw), one of the crests
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​丸に鉄砲片喰 MARUNITEPPOUKATABAMI
To the circle
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​細片喰 HOSOKATABAMI
Small pieces
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​離れ剣片喰 HANAREKENKATABAMI
Away from the sword
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​四つ片喰 YOTSUKATABAMI
Four-piece kite
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​丸に四つ片喰 MARUNIYOTSUKATABAMI
Four pieces in a circle
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​片喰崩し KATABAMIKUZUSHI
Collapse - it is one of the crumbling pieces
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​丸に剣片喰 MARUNIKENKATABAMI
Round the sword
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​総陰剣片喰 SOUKAGEKENKATABAMI
Total Conscious Sword
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​中陰剣片喰 CHUKAGEKENKATABAMI
Chuan Sword Katabami
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​石持地抜剣片喰 KOKUMACHIJINUKIKENKATABAMI
Ishimochi ground sculp
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​三つ叉剣片喰 MITSUMATAKENKATABAMI
Trident Sword
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​花剣片喰 HANAKENKATABAMI
Hanaken Katabami
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​丸に出剣片喰 MARUNIDEKENKATABAMI
Round out a sword
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​六角形太剣片喰 ROKKAKUGATAFUTOKENKATABAMI
Hexagon heavy sword piece
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​三つ鐶輪に剣片喰 MITSUKANWANIKENKATABAMI
Sword-cuttered into three minwa
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​二つ剣片喰 FUTATSUKENKATABAMI
Two swords
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​丸に二つ剣片喰 MARUNIFUTATSUKENKATABAMI
Two swords in a circle
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​細輪に実付片喰 HOSOWANIMITSUKI KATABAMI
One piece attached to a small wheel
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​三つ割片喰 MITSUWARIKATABAMI
Three split pieces
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​丸に三つ割片喰 MARUNIMITSUWARIKATABAMI
Three split pieces in a circle
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​三つ割剣片喰 MITSUWARIKENKATABAMI
Three split sword Katabami
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​丸に三つ割剣片喰 MARUNIMITSUWARIKENKATABAMI
Three division sword Katabami in a circle
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​丸に剣合わせ三つ割片喰 MARUNIKENAWASE MITSUWARIKATABAMI
Align the sword into a circle
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​丸に三つ割追い片喰 MARUNIMITSUWARIOIKATABAMI
Three rounds
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​丸に二葉片喰 MARUNIFUTABAKATABAMI
Two pieces of rice in a circle 
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​菱に地抜片喰 HISHINIJINUKIKATABAMI
Ground chisel
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​菱に片喰 HISHINIKATABAMI
Katabami
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​菱に剣片喰 HISHINIKENKATABAMI
Sword on the side
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​菱に覗き片喰 HISHININOZOKIKATABAMI
A side view
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​菱に覗き陰片喰 HISHININOZOKIKAGEKATABAMI
Rhombus to the shadows
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​八重片喰 YAEKATABAMI
Double sheet
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​糸輪に豆片喰 ITOWANIMAMEKATABAMI
Bean cutlet on yarn ring
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​盃片喰 SAKAZUKIKATABAMI
Scale
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​折れ片喰 OREKATABAMI
Broken piece
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​丸に鱗形片喰 MARUNIUROKOGATAKATABAMI
Round and round piece
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​鱗形剣片喰 UROKOGATAKENKATABAMI
Sword-shaped sword Katabami
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​細鱗形剣片喰 HOSOUROKOGATAKENKATABAMI
Thin Sword
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​実片喰 MIKATABAMI
Real Pieces
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三つ盛片喰 MITSUMORIKATABAMI
Three full piece bowl
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​三つ盛剣片喰 MITSUMORIKENKATABAMI
Three Swordsman
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​三つ頭合わせ片喰 MITSUKASHIRAAWASEKATABAMI
Three-headed one-piece kite
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​片喰に水 KATABAMINIMIZU
Water on one side
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​丸に庄内片喰 MARUNISYONAIKATABAMI
Round pieces in the bowl
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​村山片喰 MURAYAMAKATABAMI
Katayama Murayama
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​抱茗荷に片喰 DAKIMYOGANIKATABAMI
One piece to carry
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​外六つ鐶に片喰 SOTOMUTSUKANNIKATABAMI
One piece outside
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​二つ熨斗輪に片喰 FUTATSUNOSHIWANIKATABAMI
Katabami to two
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​反り亀甲に片喰 SORIKIKKOUNIKATABAMI
Warp tortoise shell
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​浮線綾山桜に剣片喰 FUSERYOYAMAZAKURANIKENKATABAMI
Sword cut into floating line
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​籠目に剣片喰 KAGOMENIKENKATABAMI
Swordsman
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