Viper6924 Posted April 4, 2013 Report Posted April 4, 2013 This is a mon that keeps popping up once in awhile. Seen it on 3-4 occasions. Mostly on ashigaru jingasas for teppo units. Apparently its a mountain road. Anyone? :D Jan Quote
Viper6924 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Posted April 4, 2013 So much for the mountain road explanation Thanks, Chris. Def looks like a shide. The question now is if there is a connection to a specific clan/family using this on their armor. So far I have struck out finding this connection Jan Quote
Viper6924 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Posted April 4, 2013 Managed to find the source of my "mountain road" thesis. Comes from an antique magazine. It´s part of a special about ashigaru armor. I still agree with Chris that it looks like a shinto "shide". I know that clans that associated themselfs with the shinto God of war Hachiman probably could have decorated their soldiers with this powerful shinto sign. But which clan? These mon/crests really can be a pain... Jan Quote
Viper6924 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Posted April 6, 2013 Well I finally managed to find out more about this mark. Thanks to Mr Shigeo Sugawa´s kind help, I now know that this is a so called "Iijirushi" or team mark. Just an easy way to define the different teppo-units in an army. This Iijirushi in question is a "Yamajirusi" (Mountain shape mark) so it was close to the mountain road There were a lot of these Iijirushi used. Many of them very well designed. One problem sorted, thanks to some invaluable help from an expert in the field. Jan Quote
Viper6924 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Posted April 6, 2013 Thanks, Uwe! It's always rewarding to learn something new. I've seen a few of these marks before. Wonder if this means some big clans used them for their ashigarus and thats the reason there are quit a few left. Jan Quote
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