ROUND GIRDER TILE

[Maruiigeta] The Igari-mon (Pattern of Well) was a well-shaped wooden framework which was arranged so as to surround the ground part of the well, and the circular one was called Izutsu. However, in the case of monsho, the square ones were called izutsu and the rhombus ones were called igeta. Since ancient times, the place where water springs to heal the thirst and to live is the place where spirits reside and where gods are enshrined. The pattern may have been used on the basis of such religious significance. The family crest of the Ii clan, which is seen in "Kenmon Shokamon" (Family Crest), is the I family crest, and in the case of the Ii family, it may have been changed to Izutsu-mon. In the same way, families that used the surname of 'i' as part of their family names gradually adopted it as their family crest. ("Kamon no Jiten" written by Hitoshi TAKAZAWA)