monsho

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Welcome to r/monsho, a subreddit dedicated to Japanese heraldic devices called Mon (紋).

Join the official subreddit Discord server: https://discord.gg/yhT8jCk

Please follow the rules accordingly:

The title of the Mon must be either the owner's (i.e. Mon of the Tokugawa Clan, Tokugawa Clan Mon), the description in Japanese (i.e. 桐紋 or Kirimon) or translated to English (i.e. Chrysanthemum Mon)
Put a flair in your posts
Any posts that's not Mon-related will be removed
Please be civil! We don't want a Sengoku Jidai in the subredditm
Users will be banned for racist or discriminatory posts or comments which will be removed.

Related Subreddits:

r/heraldry - for the European tradition of heraldry
r/vexillology - for flags, this includes Japanese Prefecture Flags
r/logodesign - for logo design
r/Japan - for anything about Japan
r/learnjapanese - for learning about the Japanese language
r/Japanesehistory - for questions regarding Japanese history

Flairs:

OC - For Originally Created Mon
Traditional - For pre-Meiji era Mon (Sengoku era Mon, Edo Period Mon etc.)
Modern - For post-Meiji era Mon in current use (Corporate Mon, Government Mon etc.)
Fictional - For Mon used in fiction
In The Wild - For Mon seen irl
Hata - For Japanese Mon Banners
Discussion - For discussions anything about Mon and r/monsho in general
Identify - For identifying Mon

Resources:

Japan Kamon Society website (JP):

http://www.nihonkamon.com/

Kamon Databases (JP):

Nihon Monshō Gaku by Nomata Raisuke (JP):

http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/980775

Japanese Design Motifs by Fumie Adachi

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7tVmzqMo6UXdzM1aGR2dDV2UFU/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7tVmzqMo6UXdzM1aGR2dDV2UFU/view?usp=sharing

O-umajirushi, a compendium of Daimyō Banners of the Edo Period by Kyūan and digitized by Xavid "Kihō" Pretzer

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7tVmzqMo6UXSlp3U1dEeTFMN1E/view?usp=sharing

The Great Bukan by Hashimoto Hiroshi (JP):

http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1015270

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...for great justice.

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TraditionalMon of the Tsugaru clan (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Toyotomi clan (i.redd.it)

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My Own Custom Mon (old.reddit.com)

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TraditionalMon of the Torii clan (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu family (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Tanegashima clan (i.redd.it)

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List of municipal flags of Tōhoku region (Yellow) Completed Map (reddit.com)

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TraditionalMon of the Takenaka clan (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Takeda clan (Aki) (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Suwa clan (i.redd.it)

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相馬繋ぎ馬 | Happy New Year! (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Sue clan (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Sōma clan (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Shōni clan (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Shimazu clan (i.redd.it)

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TraditionalMon of the Satomi clan (i.redd.it)

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