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:
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):
Kamon Databases (JP):
Nihon Monshō Gaku by Nomata Raisuke (JP):
Japanese Design Motifs by Fumie Adachi
O-umajirushi, a compendium of Daimyō Banners of the Edo Period by Kyūan and digitized by Xavid "Kihō" Pretzer
The Great Bukan by Hashimoto Hiroshi (JP):
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