Tomoe

Tomoe “Loaʻa kēia hōʻailona ma nā hale pule Buddhist Shinto a ma Iapana a puni. ʻO kona inoa ʻo Tomoe, ʻo ia hoʻi, "kaapuni" a i ʻole "poʻe", pili i ka neʻe ʻana o ka honua. Hoʻopili ʻia ka hōʻailona me ka hōʻailona Yin a he ʻano like kona ʻano - he hōʻailona ia o ka pāʻani ʻana o nā ikaika ma ka lewa. ʻIke ʻia, aia ka tomoe me kahi lapalapa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia (a i ʻole magatama) e like me nā tadpoles.

ʻO ka pinepine, ʻekolu mau lima o kēia hōʻailona (ke ahi), akā he mea maʻamau ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi, ʻelua a ʻehā mau lima. ʻO ka hōʻailona me nā lima ʻekolu i kapa ʻia ʻo Mitsudomoe. Hōʻike ka mahele ʻekolu o kēia hōʻailona i ka mahele ʻekolu o ka honua, ʻo nā ʻāpana o ia mea, ma ka hoʻonohonoho, ka honua, ka lani a me ke kanaka (e like me ka hoʻomana Shinto).

Ma mua Hōʻailona Tomoe pili ia me ke akua kaua ʻo Hachiman a no laila ua lawe ʻia e ka samurai i hōʻailona kuʻuna.

ʻO kekahi o nā ʻano like ʻole o kēia hōʻailona Mitsudomoe ʻO ka hōʻailona kuʻuna o ke Aupuni Ryukyu.