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 product logos.
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○
A rebus is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+) and the letter "n". It was a favourite form of heraldic expression used in the Middle Ages to denote surnames. It can also include Japanese characters.
A rebus-style "escort card" from around 1865, to be read as "May I see you home my dear?"
A German rebus, circa 1620
Ramesses II as child: Hieroglyphs: Ra-mes-su
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, katakana character for to) + shizuku (雫, droplet) (symbolized by the 💧)
