this is the third place i'm asking this..

[leonard_shelby]

anybody know where is this symbol from? what does it represent? maybe the nabeshima tribe?

http://img2.tapuz.co.il/forums/54605264.gif

it's shown on some of the versions of "hagakure - the way of the samurai"


a huge thanks in advance for any answers..

[Saburo]

I think this is their kamon:

http://www.samurai-archives.com/crest4.html

that they took from the Otomo when they defeated them and took over

http://www.samurai-archives.com/crest5.html

I'm not sure what the biohazard-looking one is about but it's common to have variations with animals or other things as it is for them to change over time like the Ikeda and others.

[Saburo]

err.... not that the picture you linked is ncessarily a variation of the Kamon I linked to but a variation of the one that often is on the cover of the Hagakure.

[leonard_shelby]

thanks a lot!! :bandit: (cool smiley)..

[Mekugi]

I'll write more when I have time. I have a history of this kamon.