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Axe-Shaped Amulet — Medieval Rus’ and Baltic-Slavic Contact Zones preview
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Axe-Shaped Amulet — Medieval Rus’ and Baltic-Slavic Contact Zones

A miniature axe pendant distributed across 11th–12th-century Rus’, Baltic and Central European contact networks.

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Bamboo-Leaved Gentian with Two Distant Geese (Ochi Sasarindō ni Futatsu Tōgan) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Bamboo-Leaved Gentian with Two Distant Geese (Ochi Sasarindō ni Futatsu Tōgan) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A compound of bamboo-leaved gentian (sasarindō) with two distant geese (futatsu tōgan), the Kenmon drawing for Washū Ochi.

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Bamboo-Ring with Sparrows Crest (Take-wa ni Suzume / Uesugi Take-ni-Suzume) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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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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Corner-Standing Four-Eyelet Crest (Sumitate-Yotsume-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Corner-Standing Four-Eyelet Crest (Sumitate-Yotsume-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

Four hollow square or diamond eyelets set on the corner (sumitate-yotsume / 隅立て四つ目).

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Crescent and V-rod preview
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Crescent and V-rod

One of the most distinctive signs of the Pictish symbol tradition, the Crescent and V-rod combines a decorated crescent with an angular rod and appears on surviving carved stones across early medieval Scotland. Its original meaning remains unknown.

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Crescent Lunula Pendant — Early Medieval Slavic Contexts preview
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Crescent Lunula Pendant — Early Medieval Slavic Contexts

A crescent pendant type widespread in 10th–13th-century Rus’, with debated origins and religious meaning.

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Drooping Wisteria Crest (Sagari-Fuji-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Drooping Wisteria Crest (Sagari-Fuji-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A plant-type mark of drooping wisteria racemes with palmate leaves (sagari-fuji), not upturned agari-fuji.

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Eight-Around-One Discs Crest (Kuyō-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Eight-Around-One Discs Crest (Kuyō-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

Nine discs in an 8-around-1 arrangement (kuyō), the Kenmon buke type.

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Embracing Myōga Crest (Daki-Myōga-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Embracing Myōga Crest (Daki-Myōga-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

Two inward-facing Japanese ginger buds (daki-myōga), the Kenmon type recorded for Ninomiya.

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Equal-Armed Cross Motif — Early Medieval Slavic Material Culture preview
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Equal-Armed Cross Motif — Early Medieval Slavic Material Culture

A simple cross form documented on early medieval pottery and Christian-period objects in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Facing Standing Cranes Crest (Mukai-Tachi-Tsuru-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Facing Standing Cranes Crest (Mukai-Tachi-Tsuru-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A pair of facing standing cranes (mukai-tachi-tsuru), the Kenmon silhouette assigned to Ōmi Gamō.

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Left Three-Tomoe Crest (Hidari-Mitsudomoe-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Left Three-Tomoe Crest (Hidari-Mitsudomoe-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

Three comma-shaped whorls inside a circle, specified as left-rotating hidari-mitsudomoe, the Kenmon buke type.

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Lobed Mokko Outline Crest (Mokko-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Lobed Mokko Outline Crest (Mokko-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A geometric outline-type of a four- to five-lobed rounded silhouette (木瓜 / mokko, also read goka).

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Mjolnir preview
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Mjolnir

Thor's hammer is both a mythic weapon and an archaeologically attested Viking-age pendant form, making Mjölnir one of the clearest Norse symbols of strength, protection, blessing, and religious identity.

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Moon Crest (Tsuki-mon / Tsuki-Boshi) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Moon Crest (Tsuki-mon / Tsuki-Boshi) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

Moon-and-star (tsuki-boshi / 月星), the Kenmon-attested type (for example Tsunoda).

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North Star Seal preview
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North Star Seal

A fixed point in a turning sky, the North Star Seal uses Polaris as a modern emblem of direction, steadiness, and keeping a chosen course.

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Opened Folding-Fan Crest (Ogi-mon / Mino Satake Fan-with-Roundel) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Opened Folding-Fan Crest (Ogi-mon / Mino Satake Fan-with-Roundel) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

An opened folding fan (ogi) with radiating ribs, guard sticks, a circular outer arc, and a moon disc: Kenmon’s Mino Satake fan-with-roundel.

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Overhead Plum-Blossom Bowl Crest (Umebachi-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Overhead Plum-Blossom Bowl Crest (Umebachi-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A plant-type mark of a plum blossom seen from above: five equal round petals around a circular bowl-like centre.

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Parallel Hawk-Feather Crest (Narabi Taka-no-ha-mon / Kikuchi) — Documented Kamon Motif, Kamakura–Edo preview
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Parallel Hawk-Feather Crest (Narabi Taka-no-ha-mon / Kikuchi) — Documented Kamon Motif, Kamakura–Edo

Two hawk feathers set parallel (narabi), vanes barred and shafts pointed, the Kenmon Kikuchi type.

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Paulownia Crest (Go-san Kiri-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Paulownia Crest (Go-san Kiri-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A plant-type family mark of three paulownia leaves beneath three upright racemes in the go-san (3-5-3) blossom count.

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Phoenix Flame Crest preview
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Phoenix Flame Crest

The phoenix makes destruction part of a larger cycle: death is followed by renewed life. This flame crest turns that long-lived story into an emblem of renewal, hope, resilience and transformation after loss.

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Pine-Bark Lozenge Crest (Matsukawa-Bishi-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo preview
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Pine-Bark Lozenge Crest (Matsukawa-Bishi-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo

A notched pine-bark lozenge (matsukawa-bishi), the Kenmon Takeda lozenge type.

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Prima Materia Sigil preview
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Prima Materia Sigil

A contemporary sigil for prima materia, the elusive ‘first matter’ of alchemical theory: a starting point for transformation rather than a single historically fixed substance or sign.

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Scallop Shell Badge preview
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Scallop Shell Badge

The scallop shell became one of medieval Europe's most recognisable signs of pilgrimage, carried home from Santiago de Compostela as a visible marker of journey, devotion, and return.

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