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Definition :

The badge of a family esp of a family of the ancient feudal nobility The most frequent form of the mon is circular and it commonly consists of conventionalized forms from nature flowers birds insects the lightnings the waves of the sea or of geometrical symbolic figures color is only a secondary character It appears on lacquer and pottery and embroidered on or woven in fabrics The imperial chrysanthemum the mon of the reigning family is used as a national emblem Formerly the mon of the shoguns of the Tokugawa family was so used