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
 * 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
 * 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=


 * ensou (円相) - circle

=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
 * 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