🏷️ Facing Butterflies Kamon T-Shirt – Elegance, Balance, and Metamorphosis in Japanese Heraldry
🛡️ Design Description
This t-shirt features the elegant and detailed Facing Butterflies crest (向かい蝶紋 / Mukai-chō-mon) — a pair of symmetrical butterflies facing each other, often arranged in a circular composition. The design symbolizes harmony, beauty, and transformation, drawing from the butterfly’s cultural role in Japan as a metaphor for the soul (tamashii) and feminine grace.
このTシャツには、日本の家紋である「向かい蝶紋」が描かれています。向かい合う二羽の蝶が円形に配置されたこの意匠は、調和、美しさ、そして変化を象徴しています。蝶は日本文化において、魂や女性らしさの象徴としても知られています。
🎁 About This Design (Perfect as a Gift)
Ideal for fans of traditional Japanese aesthetics, nature symbolism, or kamon collectors. A beautiful gift that embodies grace and the fleeting nature of life.
日本の伝統的な美意識や自然の象徴性に魅力を感じる方、または家紋を集める方への贈り物として最適です。優雅さと人生の儚さを表現する一枚です。
🏯 Cultural Note
The Facing Butterflies crest (often stylized as Mukaitsui-no-chō, or “paired butterflies”) was historically used by various artisan and theatrical families during the Edo period. It was rarely adopted by major samurai clans, though it appeared among regional families and female retainers due to its associations with beauty, rebirth, and elegance.
In Buddhist thought, butterflies often symbolize the transmigration of the soul, and this crest is frequently found on kimono patterns, ceremonial items, and even stage costumes in kabuki theater. It is also used today by some traditional performing arts lineages and cultural preservation societies.
「向かい蝶」の家紋は、江戸時代には主に職人や芸能関係の家系で用いられました。大名家では稀でしたが、その優雅さと再生の象徴として、女性家臣や地方の家に採用されることもありました。
仏教では蝶は魂の転生を表すことがあり、この紋は着物や儀礼用具、歌舞伎の衣装などにも広く使われています。現在も伝統芸能の家系や保存会などで見ることができます。
✴️ Features
• 🦋 Kamon: Mukai-chō – Two Facing Butterflies Crest
• 👕 Bella+Canvas 3001 Premium Fit
• ☁️ 100% combed ringspun cotton
• 🎭 Edo-era artistic and symbolic design
• 🎁 A refined gift for lovers of Japanese aesthetics
More details
- Solid colors are 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton
- Ash color is 99% combed and ring-spun cotton, 1% polyester
- Heather colors are 52% combed and ring-spun cotton, 48% polyester
- Athletic and Black Heather are 90% combed and ring-spun cotton, 10% polyester
- Heather Prism colors are 99% combed and ring-spun cotton, 1% polyester
EU GPSR Product Information:
- Manufacturer contact information
- Name: Budo Gang
- Email: contact@support.budogang.com
- Postal address: PO Box 5696 Santa Monica, CA 90405
- Additional information: This product is made for adults. Meets the lead and phthalates level requirements. 2 year warranty in EEA and UK
Size & Fit
Quality Guarantee & Returns
- Quality is guaranteed. If there is a print error or visible quality issue, we'll replace or refund it.
- Because the products are made to order, we do not accept general returns or sizing-related returns.
🏷️ Facing Butterflies Kamon T-Shirt – Elegance, Balance, and Metamorphosis in Japanese Heraldry Size Guide
| Size label | Length | Width |
|---|---|---|
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XS
|
27
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16 1/2
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S
|
28
|
18
|
|
M
|
29
|
20
|
|
L
|
30
|
22
|
|
XL
|
31
|
24
|
|
2XL
|
32
|
26
|
|
3XL
|
33
|
28
|
|
4XL
|
34
|
30
|
|
5XL
|
35
|
32
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