Cherry Blossom (Sakura)
These family crests (In Japanese, KAMON) are called 'Sakura-Mon' in JAPAN.

Butterfly-shaped
shadowed Cherry
blossom		 Fusen-style
Wild cherry
blossoms		 Eda-sakura ni
Sakura cho

Crab-shaped
cherry blossom
EdoMonshoshu		 Crab-shaped
cherry blossom
Monten		 Crab-shaped
cherry blossom
Mon-no izumi		 Butterfly-shaped
cherry blossom		 Butterfly-shaped
cherry blossom

Cherry blossom
in a circle		 Wild cherry
blossom		 Five equal parts
cherry blossom		 Cherry blossom
under
crescent moon		 Nine stars-style
cherry blossoms

The cherry is a deciduous shrub or tree of the rose family.
People enjoyed the elegant appearance of these trees and modeled crests after their beautiful blossoms.
The SAKURA clan and the YOSHINO clan adopted sakura kamon because of the association with their family names.

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