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What is Kamon ?
Kamon was born in the Japanese tradition and
cultural climate and is the symbol of a family or a group. In addition, a
symbol similar to the family crest is an emblem of national as well as
local government bodies including prefecture, city, town and so forth,
uniquely designed in consideration of the tradition and cultural
background specific to the respective region. Also, religious facilities
like shrines, Buddhist temples, various enterprises, educational
organizations like universities, colleges, high schools etc. have got
their own emblems designed to represent their own tradition and
background, and they are regarded as important properties of their own.
According to an authority, in Japan, there are as many as 30,000
different family crests. Most of them are images of plants followed by
images of animals. This could explain that the traditional Japanese way
of life had been closely associated with the natural surroundings.
It appears that by drawing various images of nature that were seen or
used in people's everyday life for usage as decorative articles for
clothes, furniture etc. and with the repeated use of such images,
gradually it became the family symbol or crest. This is probably how the
Japanese family crest was born.
After the 2nd World War, along with a fast change of the "nuclear
family" system, which is the decentralization of family members
according to the new democrat social system enforced after the war,
people's strong emotional attachment to "family" had been lost and
eventually, recognition of Kamon as family symbol has also lost much
ground.
A typical Japanese family would have two family crests, the father’s
& mother’s side. If you are the daughter of your family, you receive
the crest from your mother’s side (Okasan - mother or Obachan -
grandmother).
If you are the son of your family, you receive the crest from your father’s side (Otosan - father or Ojiichan - grandfather).
The crests do not necessarily go by last names, even you have same sir
name, It does not mean that you have same family crest, it depends upon
where your family originated, related family ,occupation, social class
etc.