Five oranges - five oranges

Japanese: 五つ橘 - いつつたちばな
Five oranges - five oranges

...It is said that the Nichiren sect uses the mandarin orange crest for its wells (izutsu) because there was a family-like relationship between Nichiren and the Ii family, but this is unclear. There are 60 to 70 types, from the basic form with one fruit and five leaves to two facing mandarins, different mandarins, three mandarins, three split mandarins, and other forms as the number of fruits increases, up to five mandarins. As a crest, it is relatively pictorial and has a good shape, so it is often used as a unit pattern in dyeing and weaving designs. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Gotsutachibana" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日蓮宗が井筒(いづつ)に橘の紋を用いるのは,日蓮と井伊家との間に姓氏的な関係があったようにいわれているが明らかでない。種類は60~70種で,果実1個に5枚葉を配した基本形から,二つの向かい橘,違い橘,三つ橘,三つ割橘など,果実の数がふえるにしたがって種々の形があり,五つ橘くらいまである。紋所としては比較的絵画的で,形がいいため染織意匠の単位模様としてもしばしば用いられる。…

※「五つ橘」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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