Canting arms
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Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name in a visual pun or rebus.
Hadersdorf-Kammern: Hader = quarrel, Dorf = village
Japanese rebus monogram
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A Japanese rebus monogram is a monogram in a particular style, which spells a name via a rebus, as a form of Japanese wordplay or visual pun. Today they are most often seen in corporate logos or produ
Canting arms
…Municipal coats of arms which interpret the town's name in rebus form are also called canting. Here are a few examples. Japanese rebus monogram Winifred Hall: Canting and Allusive Arms of England and Wales. 1966. ISBN 9780900023019…
A bottle of Yamato Shizuku (やまと しずく, Japan droplet) sake (name spelt out at top right), with a rebus ∧ト💧︎, which is read as yama (山; mountain) (symbolized by the ∧) + to (ト) + shizuku (雫, droplet) (symbolized by the 💧︎)
A bottle of Kikkoman soy sauce
Higashi-maru shouyu (ヒガシマル醤油, East Circle Soy Sauce), showing 東○