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Feb 23
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Japanese people still give enough significance to the family system and so the family symbols also haven’t lost their importance until today. This idea of family symbols known as ‘Ka-mon’ has been influencing them for the the last eight centuries. The word ‘Ka’ stands for family with a genealogical tree of its own and ‘mon’ means emblem.
Concurrently, in Europe also a crest was popular namely ‘Coat of Arms’. So many researches have been done around the homogeneity of these two traditions.
There are various complicated aspects for the Japanese family symbols. Hence it has never been easier to interpret these symbols with some simple explanations.
The mon as the Japanese symbol for family is known has no real restricted set of rules. The most common feature is that of a roundel which is circling the figure of an animal, plants, celestial or natural bodies and even man-made objects.
Kanji script, which is an inevitable part of Japanese art forms, can be seen in the family symbols also. Religious and geometrical figures also are used to form these symbols. Normally these scripts and figures would be put in an abstracted form.
Even though there are no set restrictions when it comes to the designing of the mon it gets its name from the contents that are illustrated in its design. The name of the mon does not really reflect its depiction rather it only seeks to describe it. The blazon in the mon is not in perspective and this makes it quite unlike the European crest. The designs that are illustrated on the mon come into their formalized fashion as they get the label of tradition through the passage of time.
There is not a certain rule for the colour selection also. Even so, they are generally found in monochrome. The usage of family symbols are rare in Japan nowadays. Although there are some families that stick to use them, several families will not be able to identify their mon because it has been marked as an ancient practice.
There may be particular situations where a mon may be needed by a family. In such instances the temple records come in handy that have registries of ancestral home towns of the people. There are a number of ways in which the Japanese people can seek assistance if they wish to find their family symbol.
Although it has turned an old practice, some people still decorate their roofs and interior decorations with the family symbols. Packed food products coming from Japan are marked with these mon symbols sometimes. Also mon can be availed from the craft shops all over the world.
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