Nine Stars Crest

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Nine Stars Crest ... 九曜紋 ... Kuyoo Mon

Kuyoo Hoshimon 九曜星紋, Kuyoo no mon, 九曜の紋

Nine planets, nine deities representing the stars
nine constellations (shukuyoo 宿曜)

They are also called kushitsu 九執 .
sun, moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn,
Rago 羅喉 (Sk: Rahu), and Keito 計都 (Sk: Ketu)





This is a form of mandala interpreted by stars and also related to the belief in Myoken Bosatsu.

Myooken Bosatsu 妙見菩薩 and the Star Shrines of Japan.
The Chiba Clan and this Crest.

If Myoken is included, there are ten stars 十曜星.



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The Nine Deities


© PHOTO : tobifudo


Here is the Japanese of these constellations:

1 Center or Dainichi Nyorai
ragoosei 羅喉星（らごうせい、大日如来）（一白水星）

2 Saturday, Kannon with 1000 arms,
doyoosei 土曜星（どようせい、千手観音）（二黒土星）

3 Wednesday, Seishi Bosatsu
suiyoosei 水曜星（すいようせい、勢至菩薩）（三碧木星

4 Friday, Kokuuzoo Bosatsu
kinyoosei 金曜星（きんようせい、虚空蔵菩薩）（四緑木星）


5 Sunday, Fudo Myo-O
nichiyoosei 日曜星（にちようせい、不動明王）
（五黄土星）


6 Tuesday, Hachiman Daibosatsu
kayoosei 火曜星（かようせい、八幡大菩薩）　（六白金星）

7 Jizo Bosatsu
keitosei 計都星（けいとせい、地蔵菩薩）（七赤金星）

8 Monday, Fugen Bosatsu
getsuyoosei 月曜星（げつようせい、普賢菩薩）（八白土星）

9 Thursday, Monju Bosatsu
mokuyoosei 木曜星（もくようせい、文殊菩薩）（九紫火星）

The center represents the earth, the heaven above the water.


Variations of the Crest with a Moon




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Nichiyosei Sunday Star 日曜星
Number 5 of the Nine Stars.

Its incarnation is Fudo Myo-O .


© PHOTO :　tobifudo


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At the temple Myoken Rinji 明星輪寺
Gifu.
This temple is closely related to the legends about Masakado.


© PHOTO :　dhistory.hp


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Masakaso was a grest believer in the star constellations and brought the belief of Myoken and the nine constellations to many parts of Japan.


Taira no Masakado (平将門)
(?–March 25, 940)
was a member of the Kammu Taira clan of Japan. He was the son of Taira no Yoshimochi, Chinjufu Shogun. His childhood name was Sōma Kojirō. Taira no Masakado was a powerful landowner in the Kantō region. He is regarded as the first bushi because he was the first to lead a self-governing party.

In 939, during the Heian period of Japanese history, he rebelled by attacking the outpost of the central government in Hitachi Province, capturing the governor. In December of that year he conquered Shimotsuke and Kōzuke Provinces, and claimed the title of Shinnō (New Emperor). Masakado killed his uncle Kunika who was part Taira. The central government in Kyoto responded by putting a bounty on his head, and fifty-nine days later his cousin Sadamori, whose father Masakado had attacked and killed, and Fujiwara no Hidesato, killed him at the Battle of Kojima (Shimōsa Province) in 940 and took his head to the capital.
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I have more about Taira no Masakado HERE:
The famous head mound of Masakado in Tokyo


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28 Deities in Shingon and Tendai Mandalas
Star Mandala (Hoshi Mandara 星曼荼羅)
Twenty-Eight Constellations
Mark Schumacher


Japanese Resources
Check your Luck. Japanese Birth Chart .

English Resources



Variations of the Family Crest


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kuyou
守谷のふるさとかるた... Moriya Furusato Karuta
and the nine stars crest of Taira no Masakado


Alphabetical Index of the Daruma Museum
worldkigo
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