2020-09-12 Modern Day Mon


I’ve no idea what this logo is for but I like it. It made me think about mon –

Mon (紋), also 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 or business entity. While mon is an encompassing term that may refer to any such device, kamon and mondokoro refer specifically to emblems used to identify a family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_%28emblem%29

This then made me remember that there’s a whole Japanology episode about mon. But if you’d rather just read up on them, this article is a little less dry than the wikipedia one.


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