User:Miwasatoshi/List of kamon
This is an incomplete list of kamon (Japanese house emblems) and their translations, in alphabetical order.
A
- 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
- Aizu mitsuba aoi (会津三つ葵) - Aizu trefoil aoi - Aizu-Matsudaira clan
- Bishuu mitsuba aoi (尾州三つ葵) - Bishū trefoil aoi - Owari-Tokugawa clan
- Kishuu mitsuba aoi (紀州三つ葵) - Kishū trefoil aoi - Kishū-Tokugawa clan
- Matsudaira mitsuba aoi (松平三つ葵) - Matsudaira trefoil aoi - Matsudaira clan
- Mito mitsuba aoi (水戸三つ葵) - Mito trefoil aoi - Mito-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
- futaba aoi (二葉葵) / Kamo aoi (賀茂葵) - two-leaf aoi / Kamo aoi - Kamo clan, Kamo Shrine
- 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
- asa no ha (麻の葉) - hemp leaf
- asagao (朝顔) - morning glory (Ipomoea nil)
- ashi (芦・蘆・葦・葭) - rush (Phragmites australis)
- awa (粟) - foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
B
- botan (牡丹) - peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
C
- chouban (打板・提盤) - hand tray
- chouji (丁子) - clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
E
F
- 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
- 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
- gaku (額) - framed picture - Koide clan
- Gion-mamori (祇園守) - Gion protective amulet
- gyouyou (杏葉) - stylized apricot leaves
H
- 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
- hishi no ha (菱の葉) - stylized water caltrop leaves - Yanagisawa clan
I
- 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
- 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
- masakari (鉞) - battle-axe
- masu (枡・升) - square wooden measuring cup
- matsu (松) - pine (Pinus)
- myouga (茗荷) - myoga (Zingiber mioga)
N
- nadeshiko (撫子) - large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus)
O
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- take no ko (筍) - bamboo shoot
- 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
- ume (梅) - plum blossom (Prunus mume)
- uri (瓜) - melon (Cucumis melo)
Y
- ya (矢) - arrow
- yamabuki (山吹) - kerria (Kerria japonica) - Daimaru clan, Shimomura clan
- yuiwata (結綿) - bundle of raw cotton
Z
- zeni (銭) - coin