Mon（Family Crests）
The origin of the Japanese family crest goes back to the 11th century.
Each of the high-ranking courtiers in those days began using a specific textile design for his most formal costume worn at the imperial court.
The powerful ruling Fujiwara family stimulated the practice of using a symbol for each, crystallized the costume designs as their family emblems and placed them on their carriages as well.
These emblems later became the family crests used on costumes for formal occasions – one crests on the back, one on the back each sleeve, and as the height of formality, one each on the left and right front.
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Furutani Mon
(Family Crest) Maru ni tsuta Ivy in a ring Copied from “Japanese Design Motifs” Dover Publication NY |
This impression was taken off the grave stone by Shizuko Kawada when she was in Japan in 1985. At the grave site she noticed this mon and made this copy using a scrap piece of paper and pencil. Although weathered by time, there is enough details to indicate with confidence that the mon on the left is same mon. |
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