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Swallowtail Butterfly Crest (Ageha-no-chō-mon / Ise Taira Seki) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Historical Context

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Kenmon Shokamon (見聞諸家紋, c. 1467–1470) is a Muromachi album of warrior-house drawings. The Ise Taira Seki plate is a single displayed ageha; mukai-chō for Ise-no-kami Sadachika is a different drawing in the same album. Treating ageha as a pan-Taira or Heike house mark, or tracing it to a Sadamori armor story, is later genealogical habit, not a Muromachi caption.

Provenance: Kenmon Shokamon Ise Taira Seki ageha plate. Facing butterflies (mukai-chō) for Ise-no-kami Sadachika are separately drawn.

Research status: reviewed · reviewed 31/08/2026

Sources

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  1. 見聞諸家紋 (Kenmon Shokamon)

    見聞諸家紋, c. 1467–1470 (also 東山殿御紋帳). Muromachi album of warrior-house drawings; type-names on surviving copies are later labels, not original Muromachi captions. (National Diet Library (later transcript))

    Supports: Supports the Ise Taira Seki ageha plate as a single displayed swallowtail, and mukai-chō for Ise-no-kami Sadachika as a different drawing. Does not make ageha a pan-Taira Heian house mark or confirm the Sadamori-armor origin story.

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Swallowtail Butterfly Crest (Ageha-no-chō-mon / Ise Taira Seki) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A displayed swallowtail butterfly with indented hindwings, named from Kenmon’s Ise Taira Seki ageha plate.

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