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  2. Matsunaga clan - Wikipedia

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    The Matsunaga clan (松永氏, Matsunaga-shi) is a Japanese Samurai Clan who are descended from the Fujiwara clan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The lineage of Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide strengthens the Matsunaga clan's claim to Fujiwara lineage through Hisahide's nephew, Tadatoshi Naito (also known as Naito Joan and Fujiwara John).

  3. Mon (emblem) - Wikipedia

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    The mon of the Toyotomi clan, now used as the emblem of the Japanese Government; originally an emblem of the imperial family—a stylized paulownia.. Mon (紋), also called monshō (紋章), mondokoro (紋所), and kamon (家紋), are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual, a family, or (more recently) an institution, municipality or business entity.

  4. Pauly (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Pauly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adrienne Pauly, French actress and pop-rock singer; Alain Pauly [Wikidata], Belgian entomologist; the standard abbreviation for his name when referring to biologixal taxa described by him is Pauly

  5. File:Japanese family crest takanoha.svg - Wikipedia

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    The name of the crest is Maruni chigai takanoha (丸に違鷹羽) and it belongs to the families Kubo and Hidaka. There may be other families bearing similar crest. The hawk was a symbol of a samurai in old days. "feather of hawk" was given glory to as the decoration at the time of ceremony such as New Year's Days, and great people of a samurai ...

  6. Tomoe - Wikipedia

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    Kerr 2011, p. 101) The Second Shō dynasty, who ruled the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1470 to 1879, adopted the mitsudomoe as its family crest. Since it was the royal family crest, its usage was once severely restricted. Okinawans who visited Japan shortly after the kingdom's annexation in 1879 were surprised that mitsudomoe banners were flown ...

  7. Imperial Seal of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial Seal of Japan or National Seal of Japan, also called the Chrysanthemum Seal (菊紋, kikumon), Chrysanthemum Flower Seal (菊花紋, 菊花紋章, kikukamon, kikukamonshō) or Imperial chrysanthemum emblem (菊の御紋, kikunogomon), is the mon used by the Emperor of Japan and members of the Imperial Family.

  8. Ikoma clan - Wikipedia

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    There is a story about the family crest ("mon") of the Ikoma clan. It is said that the crest was once a full circle but during Hideyoshi's Invasion of Korea, the crest painted on the side of the ship was submerged in the waves and only the top half showed above water. They won the subsequent battle and decided to change the crest to a half ...

  9. Family tree of Japanese monarchs - Wikipedia

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    The following is a family tree of the emperors of Japan, from the legendary Emperor Jimmu to the present monarch, Naruhito. [1]Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors; Kōgen's descendant, Emperor Sujin (98 BC – 30 BC?), is the first for whom many agree that he might have actually existed. [2]