Hotta mokko notepad

The crest used by the legitimate descendant Masatoshi's family was 'initially, a corner-cut kaku with a vertical mokko was used. Masatoshi changed it to the current crest on July 22, 1679' (Kansei Reformation Family Records). The 'current crest' is the 'Hotta mokko' with 'ishimochi jinuki', nearly 20 years after the legitimate family line became extinct. Moreover, the territory ruled by Masatoshi's Hotta family was transferred to the Ou region, and then returned to the old territory of Sakura after 1746. ...In the difficult situation of the late Edo period, the last Roju of the Hotta family, Masayoshi Hotta, appeared. Masayoshi was in a difficult situation due to the signing of the Ansei provisional treaty with the American envoy Harris, and was replaced by Naosuke Ii, who was later assassinated at the Sakuradamon gate. (Kenichi Takahashi, 'The Crests of Daimyo Families', p.213) The Hotta mokko is different from simply making a vertical mokko 'ishimochi jinuki'.