Historical Context
Editorially reviewedKenmon Shokamon (c. 1467–1470) is an album of drawings; motif type-names are later labels. The Uesugi plates show a bamboo ring with facing or flying sparrows; inner five-sasa clusters, if present on a drawing, are not themselves the type name. Later Edo Uesugi-sasa (nine-leaf) and Date Sendai take-ni-suzume (traditionally a 1542 gift, later recut) are different named types. Sasarindō and court 篠丸 are separate motifs.
Provenance: Kenmon Shokamon pairs Fujiwara-shi Uesugi with take-wa ni mukai-suzume / take-wa ni tobi-suzume. Inner five-sasa clusters on those drawings are a visual hedge, not a numbered-sasa type name. Date Sendai take-ni-suzume and Edo ku-mai-sasa / nine-leaf Uesugi-sasa are later, not this Kenmon type.
Research status: reviewed · reviewed 31/08/2026
Sources
1 referenceKenmon Shokamon (見聞諸家紋)
Kenmon Shokamon (見聞諸家紋; also called Higashiyama-dono Gomonchō), c. 1467–1470. Muromachi album of drawings of warrior-house marks. Motif type-names on the drawings are later catalogue labels, not Muromachi captions written with the original plates.
Supports: Supports the Uesugi house pairing of a bamboo ring charged with facing or flying sparrows (take-wa ni mukai-suzume / take-wa ni tobi-suzume). Inner five-sasa clusters, if drawn, are a plate detail rather than a numbered-sasa type name.
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Bamboo-Ring with Sparrows Crest (Take-wa ni Suzume / Uesugi Take-ni-Suzume) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo
A compound mark of a bamboo ring (take-wa) charged with sparrows, the Kenmon Uesugi type.
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