Kichiemon Nakamura Lapel Pin

【Nakamura Kichiemon】A variation of the Swallowtail butterfly. The yagō, or 'shop name,' is Harimaya. He is the descendant of the first son of the third Sango Nakamura (if the second Jizō Nakamura, an adopted son who died young, is counted as the first son, then he is the second son). His ichimon, or 'family,' includes Sango Nakamura and Matagorō Nakamura. The history of his family name is relatively new. <This butterfly is slightly different from the regular Swallowtail butterfly, characterized by its rounded shape. In family crests, such variations are called 'changed' to distinguish them from the regular crest. ...Most of the family names date back to the mid-Edo period, but Kichiemon Nakamura is the first to bear the name, and did not inherit his father's name. In 1951, he was the first kabuki actor to receive the Order of Culture (from 'The Story of Family Crests' by Tsumo Awagasaka).>