Does anyone know much about Japanese crests?

Question:The Tokugawa family crest is made up of three hollyhock leaves -- can a family crest of two hoke feathers crossing over each other possibly indicate a line of decent from the Tokugawa family?

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The japanese system of heraldry is very complex and it has a lot of differences from heraldry as we know it.

Lines of descent can rarely be detected from what appears on a crest.

The crests are called "mon".

You can try searching for that keyword and find out more.

Hope this helps.

Don't know anything about Japanese family crest. However, "family crest" is a misnomer for a coat of arms.

See the links below from the U. K. College of Arms and the U. S. National Genealogical Society.

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...

There is a lot of chicanery in the surname product business, particularly regarding coats of arms and "family crest." Websites selling them should not be trusted. They sell them on a surname only which is not valid.