Asian Heraldry

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Examples:

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Artifacts

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Information A Information B Information C

Modern:

Pictorial Dictionary, 3rd edition:

Vector Graphics:

Annotated Pennsic Traceable Art Project

Sources:



Chinese:

  • Hayes, L. (1923). The Chinese Dragon. Shanghai, China: Commercial Press Ltd.
  • Salviati, Filippo. The Language of Adornment: Chinese Ornaments of Jade, Crystal, Amber and Glass. Ten Speed Press. (2002)
  • http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Chinese_Symbols_1109.pdf
    • Common Charges from above: Wheels, Pairs of Fish, Conch Shells, Banners, Flowers (like Lotus, Peony, Cherry), Knots, Bamboo, Pine trees, Written characters (One Per Device, although this is problematic in SCA rules), Bats, Cranes, The number 5, Cicadas, Dragonflies
    • Common Colors (ibid): Red, Yellow, Black, White, Blue, Green
    • Other: Rayonney and Wavy field divisions, borders, and ordinaries
    • per Beyond the Great Wall (class handout by Wu Yun at KWHSS 2020)

Japanese:

See Mon

Rules

SENA A2.B.4.a - non-European armorial elements

a. Non-European Armorial Elements: Elements found only in non-European armorial traditions (e.g., Islamic and Japanese heraldry) are registerable but a step from period practice. The use of two such elements requires the use of the Individually Attested Pattern rules, discussed in [[1]]. These elements must still be describable in standard SCA heraldic terms. The use of elements found in period European armory is not a step from period practice, even if they were also used in non-European contexts.


Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Definition:

(includes defaults, proper tinctures, blazoning)

Example

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

March 2015 - tomoe

[#57] Miura no Matatarou Koreyoshi. Badge. Argent, five tomoe in annulo each charged with a plate, all within an annulet sable. This device is returned for running afoul of SENA A that states "The armorial elements, charge groups, and overall design must be demonstrated to be compatible with period style." In an attempt as Individually Attested Pattern, this submission documented uncharged tomoe in annulo in groups of three. However, it did not document tomoe in groups of five or charged tomoe. Tomoe in groups of three may be registerable with a step from period practice. However, pending documentation, the arrangement submitted here is not. On redesign, please advise the submitter to draw the annulet larger so that it is clearly visible.

July 2014 - imperial chyrsanthemum restricted:

From Wreath: Adding the Japan Emperor mon to the list of restricted charges

A submission considered this month was using a charge of a sixteen-petalled lotus affronty which led to discussion about the mon of the emperor of Japan. Discussion brought to light the fact that the current protected form of the mon is not accurately reflecting actual usage. At this point, we are reblazoning it and adding it to the list of restricted charges as a sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2014/07/14-07cl.html

February 2003 - Japanese stream:

"Previous precedents have indicated that design elements which are only found in Japanese mon may only be registered if they can be blazoned in European heraldic terms. Previous precedent has also held that a Japanese stream cannot be blazoned in European heraldic terms. No evidence has been presented which either overturns the philosophical basis of the previous precedents, or which presents an acceptable European blazon for the Japanese stream. Thus, the Japanese stream design element continues to be unregisterable." February 2003 LoAR

October 2002 LoAR - kitsune:

Abe Akirakeiko (Oct 2002, Atlantia): Per pale azure and vert, a three-tailed fox passant argent and in base three millrinds two and one Or. [The three-tailed fox is presumably meant to be a kitsune, Japanese shape-shifting fox.] [2002 LoAR]

November 1992 - tomoe:

"In general, Mon-like designs are acceptable in Society armory only if they can be blazoned in European heraldic terms - as though a period Japanese, visiting Europe, were attempting to register his Mon with one of the kings of arms. Tomoe cannot be blazoned in European terms, and so cannot be considered compatible with European heraldry. This submission, though a splendid Japanese design, may not be registered in the Society." [but see March 2015 and SENA A2.B.4.a. above] November 1992 LoAR

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Identifiability:

Collected Precedents:

The Ordinary:

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