Inada 稲田 family crest kamon

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1. I’m not a professional. You should be able to go to Hiroshima where your Great Grandfather lived and find out pretty easily. If any family members have prayer head stones there, it will be on there. Most of the time when you get to local cities and towns, there are fewer and fewer different Kamon for the same name. Probably only 1.

2. Oh I’m in Australia and won’t be going to Japan or Hiroshima any time soon. 😔

3. My great grandfather buried in Hawaii and the headstone is a plate with no Kamon and very western.

4. https://ameblo.jp/isomayama/entry-11835722669.html

   https://nishiawa.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-2489.html

   Both in Japanese but using the google app on my phone allowed me to read the Japanese. I couldn’t find anything related to Hiroshima, but most of the links are to Shikoku or Awaji which are near by.

   Might be the crest you are looking for.

5. Basically, one should avoid extrapolating a family crest from a surname. The only way the family crest would be the same in the same region and with the same surname is if the family tree can be traced back at least 400 years. Even then it is not certain.
   In the past, common people did not have family crests; they belonged to the samurai and aristocratic classes. 300 years ago or so, having a family crest became popular among common people, and they used their favorite mark as their family crest. Today, this is the majority. In such cases, it is not possible to use the means of guessing the family crest from the surname and the region. And, the surname Inada is very strongly associated with rice, suggesting that your ancestors were most likely farmers. Therefore, there is a good chance that you too fall into the this case.
   The most reliable means is to look at the graves of your ancestors, as u/shinjikun10 wrote.