Thursday, June 11, 2020

San Diego, California

Japanese Kamon: According to Encyclopedia Japan, "during the peaceful, tranquil, rather uneventful, Edo Period, there were few hard battles fought among samurai so, the former practical role of Kamon, such as distinguishing friend from foe in battle, had changed to be a kind of symbol of authority." Mount Hope Cemetery. [2020]


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