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
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○
Rebus
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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 illust
Japanese rebus monogram
…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. These symbols are particularly common…
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