14K yellow gold Kamon pendant 20.4 x 17.8 2.1gm

Keep your family crest close to your everywhere you go with this engraved Kamon pendant. The simple circular shaped design frames the Japanese family crest nicely on 14K yellow gold. The Kamon pendant makes a special heirloom gift for children. the pendant is 20.4 x 17.8mm, weight 2.1gm, no hallmark, tested for 14K. Web price$295 Kamon was born in the Japanese tradition and cultural climate and is the symbol of a family or a group. In addition, a symbol similar to the family crest is an emblem of national as well as local government bodies including prefecture, city, town and so forth, uniquely designed in consideration of the tradition and cultural background specific to the respective region. Also, religious facilities like shrines, Buddhist temples, various enterprises, educational organizations like universities, colleges, high schools etc. have got their own emblems designed to represent their own tradition and background, and they are regarded as important properties of their own. In Japan, there are as many as 30,000 different family crests. Most of them are images of plants followed by images of animals. This could explain that the traditional Japanese way of life had been closely associated with the natural surroundings. It appears that by drawing various images of nature that were seen or used in people's everyday life for usage as decorative articles for clothes, furniture etc. and with the repeated use of such images, gradually it became the family symbol or cre