# "Kamawanu" rebus

鎌輪ぬ (かまわぬ) kamawanu

!["Kamawanu" rebus](https://www.furoshiki.com/motifs/kamawanu.svg)

A visual pun, made popular by the kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō: sickle (kama) + ring (wa) + the kana nu reads "kamawanu", "I don't mind", a dashing, devil-may-care spirit.

Late 17th-century Edo street fashion; popularised by the Ichikawa Danjūrō kabuki line

The rebus of a sickle (kama), a ring (wa) and the kana nu reads kamawanu, roughly 'I don't care'. It predates Danjūrō VII and was said to be worn by Edo street toughs and dandies in the late 17th century. It became a signature design of the Ichikawa family, especially through Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (1791–1859) playing the villain Yoemon, who kills with a sickle, in Kasane; its bold swagger suited the family's aragoto style.

Still a stock tenugui and yukata pattern and closely tied to the Danjūrō name.

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Source: https://www.furoshiki.com/motifs/kamawanu/