Sakai Tapestries
Description: Clan Sakai was a samurai clan of the island of Tsushima, and a very close ally to Clan Shimura. It is the clan of Jin Sakai and Kazumasa Sakai, and Chiyoko Sakai, and was one of the second five major clans that ruled Tsushima. The clan ruled over Omi Village and the surrounding lands in Toyotama, and also had a presence in Iki. As of the time of Jin Sakai's adulthood, there has been at least 7 generations of clan Sakai[1]. Lord Kazumasa was killed by a raider named Tenzo during the pacification of Iki, and his wife died to an illness, leaving their son Jin as the sole survivor and heir of Clan Sakai.
Description: Sakai mon from the japanese shogunate. The mon is an emblem to designate a family, clan or even an organization. The kamon is used specifically to identify a family. The mon is similar to the coat of arms from European heraldic tradition. Although, there is a big difference, the mon stays clean and minimalistic in design. European crests tend to get very complicated by combining other family crests over the generations. Mon and Kamon are usually designed using a roundel containing a abstracted, stylized image of an object. This object can be a plant, an animal, a tool, or anything you fancy. This will lead to a large amount of categories containg many variations of aparticular object. Although we end up with thousends of mon, du...
