Agehacho Kamon Engraving [F]Bokken/Jo_Set if purchased without a frame

if purchased without a frame

Oda Nobunaga’s main emblem

Although the transmission quickly left the Ono familly

the last third features no collar

Agehacho Kamon Engraving [F]Bokken/Jo_Set if purchased without a frameAgehacho Kamon Engraving Figure Swallowtail Butterfly in Japanese. Butterfly emblems were particularly fancied by the powerful Taira Clan. It is even said that Taira no Kiyomori himself created the original design of the Agehacho mon. Although warriors of the Taira adorned their garments and equipments with butterflies marks (mon'yo), they rallied under the plain red banner during the Genpei War and did not use the butterfly as kamon yet at that time.