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#i just wanted a clear screenshot of the sigils shown in the movie
yazzydream · 9 months
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I counted 14 mon (crest) designed for the movie.
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With the Inumaki mon, that's 15 that are (kinda~) canon.
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Here are some possible mon designs for the Three Great Families:
Gojo clan
Sugawara no Michizane, who the Gojo are descendants of, doesn't have a mon I can find in particular. Mon didn't really become a thing until the mid-Heian period, but he is associated with the plum blossom mon. They're used for Tenmagu shrines (dedicated to the deification of Michizane) since it's believed he loved plum blossoms.
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Then there's this crest of the real life Gojo clan who are descendants of Michizane. A triple pine tree with branches.
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Zen'in clan
First, I need to explain why Taira no Masakado is the Three Vengeful Spirit the Zen'in are descendants of. Basically, it stems from the saying, "If you are not from the Zen'in clan, you are not a jujutsu sorcerer. If you are not a jujutsu sorcerer, you are not human." Which is something Nishimiya quotes. That quote is actually based on, "If you are not a Heike, you are not human." The Heike is referring to the Taira clan, which Masakado was a part of. Ok, now that I've got my explanation out of the way...
The swallowtail butterfly is the Taira clan's mon. I like how it even looks a bit like (respectfully) a curse or shikigami. lol.
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Kamo clan
That leaves Emperor Sutoku as the last of the Three Great Vengeful Spirits. As Emperor, you'd expect Sutoku's mon to be the Imperial Seal of Japan, a 16-petalled chrysanthemum.
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But that wasn't adopted until 1183, whereas Sutoku reigned from February 25, 1123–January 5, 1142. I would've been iffy about a family adopting the imperial family's crest during the Heian period anyway. Seems kinda blasphemous. lol. But maybe if it's a modified version of it? Actually, as long as it's not 16-petals, I think it's quite possible to use it as a family crest.
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