Need Japanese family emblem clip art!!?

Question

Hi.

My family name is Matsumoto..

The family emblem should be 3 matsu-gi...

For some reason, I can't type in Japanese in my browsers (for some reason) so I feel this limits my search...

Need to find CLIPART or decent-sized downloadable FREE images...

Any ACTUAL links would be much apreciated...

Cheers.

B.

Answer 1

Whaddup B.

Here's a few I found.
Actually there are many different names of matsu tree emblems.
Here's a few of the different types.
三つ松 Mitsumatsu (In a circle)
http://images.google.co.jp/images?svnum=10&hl=ja&lr=&q=%E4%B8%89%E3%81%A4%E6%9D%BE&btnG=Google+%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2
三階松 Sankai Matsu (One on top of each)
左三階松 Hidari sangai matsu (one on top of each but one matsu pushed to the left)
etc etc.
Here's a website with the different names of Matsu Kamon. Copy and "image google" some of these and you'll find some of them.
http://e-kamon.net/kamon172.html

Images of different types of Matsu kamon (1 matsu 2 matsu 3 matsu etc)
http://images.google.co.jp/imgres?imgurl=http://www.iwate-net.com/symbol/images/akamatsu/kamon/13.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.iwate-net.com/symbol/tree.htm&h=60&w=60&sz=4&hl=ja&start=2&tbnid=z0PDnyrH0-329M:&tbnh=60&tbnw=60&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%25E4%25B8%2589%25E3%2581%25A4%25E6%259D%25BE%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dja%26lr%3D

Here's a wiki version.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B6%E7%B4%8B%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7#.E3.81.BE

Here's a golden sangai matsu
http://images.google.co.jp/imgres?imgurl=http://www.osugi.co.jp/kamon/syabari/marunihidarisangaimatu.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.osugi.co.jp/goods-kamon-syabari.html&h=228&w=200&sz=25&hl=ja&start=1&tbnid=8KL4lB74Q8tWBM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%25E4%25B8%25B8%25E3%2581%25AB%25E5%25B7%25A6%25E4%25B8%2589%25E9%259A%258E%25E6%259D%25BE%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dja%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

I found a ippon matsu.
http://www.crest-japan.net/htdocs/samples/2007/01/matsu.html

This is actually a pretty cool website with images of all the kamon out there.
http://www.asgy.co.jp/
And another with image and explanations.
lhttp://www.crest-japan.net/htdocs/samples/index.html

You know, come to think of it, a family kamon (crest) would be a pretty cool tatoo to have if done properly.