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Divided Bar

Kanji號山形村紺
TransliterationGō Yamagata Muragō
Translationso-called mountain-shaped uneven dark dye
Date1470
OwnerNikaidō Greater Director Inspector Masayuki (二階堂大夫判官政行; Nikaidō Taifu Jō Masayuki) [of the] Council of State (評定衆; Hyōjōshū)
CategoriesGeometric: Bars (One, Thick), Geometric: Other, Landscape: Mountain
NotesThis mon seems to represent a fabric dying pattern.
SourcesKenmon Shokamon (見聞諸家紋; “Various Observed Family Crests”). 1467–1470. http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2533035. pg. 16.
Tsujiai Kiyotarō (辻合喜代太郎). Shoku Nihon no Kamon (続日本の家紋; “Family Crests of Japan, Continued”). Hoikusha (保育社), 1975. pg. 97.
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