A tomoe or tomoye (archaic) (巴) is a Japanese abstract shape, usually used as a necklace, (i.e. a swirl) that resembles a comma or the usual form of magatama. Tomoe are usually seen in a design of three known as mitsudomoe (三つ巴).

Instances of Use Edit

• They form the pattern of the Sharingan.
• They form the Cursed Seal of Heaven.
• They are a part of the Ten-Tails' eye design.
• They are on Madara Uchiha's gunbai.
• The three giant snakes have tomoe markings on their heads.
• Orochimaru himself wore blue tomoe-shaped earrings.
• The magatama earrings worn by Itachi's Susanoo are in the shape of tomoe.
• The Yasaka Magatama technique used by Itachi and Madara's Susanoo is a giant shuriken in the shape of a mitsudomoe.
• The Kohaku clan's insignia is a futatsudomoe (tomoe in a design of two), while the Shirogane clan's is a golden mitsudomoe.
• Both Naruto Uzumaki's Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and Tailed Beast Mode shrouds feature tomoe-like marking around their collars.^[1][2]
• The Sage of the Six Paths had tomoe-like markings around the collar of his cloak as well as nine tomoe of the back underneath the symbol of the Rinnegan.^[3]
• A seal that the Sage of the Six Paths stood in the middle of while talking to the nine tailed beasts also featured the use of tomoe markings.^[4]
• After transplanting Itachi's eyes, Sasuke has used his Susanoo to fire tomoe-shaped projectiles made of Amaterasu's flames.^[5]
• The holes for eyes in Tobi's mask during the Fourth Shinobi World War are tomoe-shaped.^[6]
• There are tomoe-shaped markings around the kanji for "fox" in the Uchiha Hideout.^[7]
• In the anime, later depictions of Pakura's Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder changed the flaming orbs into flaming tomoe shapes.^[8]

References Edit

1. ↑ Naruto chapter 505, page 8
2. ↑ Naruto chapter 571, pages 8-9
3. ↑ Naruto chapter 572, page 13
4. ↑ Naruto chapter 572, page 12
5. ↑ Naruto chapter 574, page 10
6. ↑ Naruto chapter 511, page 16
7. ↑ Naruto chapter 384, page 14
8. ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 285