Kanji | 丸に桔梗 |
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Transliteration | Maru ni Kikyou |
Translation | A Chinese bellflower in a circle |
Date | 1477 |
Owner | Ōta Dōkan |
Blazon | Argent, a chinese bellflower within an annulet sable. |
Categories | Plant: Bellflower, Enclosure: Ring (Plain, Around Single) |
Sources | Turnbull, Stephen. Samurai Heraldry. Osprey Publishing, 2002. pg. 6 fig. 3. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Japanese Family Crests. Graphic-sha, 2001. pg. 120 fig. 9. (for image) |