Bishi

Four diamonds.This is Takeda-Bishi(武田菱).菱 means diamond shape.武田 is famouse Japanese Bushi,武田信玄(1521-1573).

This mon is very simple,easy to memorize,easy to recognize company in war field.And I try to put color. It's test.

Isn't cute ? It looks lovely.Color changes impression.It's fun.

I may see that's like badge anywhere.I wish to get such a badge.I put on this my laptop cover.

When did Kamon start ?

Kamon is used for family's mark to identify each other.It started heian-era(平安時代794 - 1185) Very old people such Japanese noble put kamon their many items.They put kamon mark on their car that works by cow first. I don't know truth,but it's said origin is Tomoe-mon.

Wow,that's powerful,simple mark.My favorite one.And real wheel kamon existed.It's called  源氏車 genji-kuruma "genji(源氏)" is Japanese old noble family's name.

Eight legs imagines 八正道(hatu-sho-do)(one of Buddhism's ideology).

Japanese lucky bird

Cute.This is goose.

Goose had said it takes lucky.Some family used as 雁金紋(kari-gane-mon).柴田勝家(Katuie-shibata)(Nobunaga's follwer) used too.

White pattern is also funny.

And There are many arrange pattern.This is one oh them.It imagines us flying scene.

Oh,actually real goose is not so funny face like above mon(^^).

Kamon Wallpaper

Let's set this wallpaper on your desktop PC. Download it,set image to desktop wallpaper as tile pattern.

Following is my desktop. As sample.

Ageha-NEON

You may see Ageha-NEON if you come Japan (^^).

This base is Ageha-mon(armed type).