Square-eyes (Meyui)
These family crests (In Japanese, KAMON) are called 'Meyui-Mon' in Japan.

Tilted four-square-eyes in rice cake	Tilted four-square-eyes in circle	Six-squrae-eyes in circle	Overlapping tilted four-square-eyes	Horio squrae-eyes

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Meyui is a white-spotted pattern which modeled the design that is called kanokozome. It was popular in the Kamakura Period (1192 - 1333), and later came to be used in family crests.

Drawing method of Tilted four-square-eyes

"Tilted four-square-eyes" is drawn by dividing the circle into eight parts.

Drawing example of Tilted four-square-eyes by Monwari

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