Double chrysanthemum T-Shirt

The crest of the Japanese Imperial Family / Following the Northern and Southern Courts period, as the family crests of samurai families developed, the crest was given to meritorious warriors by the Emperor, and samurai came to desire it as a symbol of the warrior class. Initially, however, it was not permission to use it as a family crest, but merely permission to wear the granted Imperial robes. The use of the chrysanthemum crest was allowed for families such as the Ashikaga, Oda, and Toyotomi clans, and there were many cases of its unauthorized use. Toyotomi Hideyoshi disliked this and twice prohibited the use of the chrysanthemum crest, which was an official crest, in 1581 and 1595. During the Edo period, daimyo and shrines and temples used it to enhance their authority, and it was even used as actors' crests and trademarks for merchant families. This was officially