Arrowhead crests

Arrowhead (Omodaka)
These family crests (In Japanese, KAMON) are called 'Omodaka-Mon' in JAPAN.

The arrowhead, a perpetual of the water plantain family, was alternatively called shogunso (victorious army grass). Because of this connotation, it was a pattern favored for the crests of samurai families. (From "Family Crests of Japan" ICG Muse, Inc.2001)

These family crests (In Japanese, KAMON) are called "Omodaka - Mon" in JAPAN.

Standing arrowhead in circle	Ohzeki arrowhead	Top-view double arrowhead leaves with blossoms (Omodakaya)	Butterfly-shaped arrowhead	Crane-shpaed paper arrowhead
Standing arrowhead in circle	Standing arrowhead in rice cake	Embracing arrowheads in circle (type A)	Embracing arrowheads in circle (type B)	Crane-shaped arrowhead
Choshu variant Arrowhead	Nagato Arrowhead	Arrowhead and water	Shippo-shaped arrowhead	Shadowed arrowhead in circle

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Crane-shaped arrowhead	Standing arrowhead in circle	Mohri family crests	Kanji numeral one and three stars for the Mohri family

Mori Motonari (1497-1571) : Motonari was a famous daimyo who ruled ten provinces in the Chugoku region. There is a very famous story about the time Motonari advised his three children, saying, 'One arrow breaks easily, but if three arrows are bound together and become one, they will never break. In the same way, the three of you should cooperate with each other to support and expand the Mori clan'. (From ibidem)

Family tree for the Mori Motonari

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