Tomoe

A 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 .
== Instances of Use ==
* They form the pattern of the Sharingan, Rinne Sharingan and some Rinnegan.
* They form the Cursed Seal of Heaven.
* They are used on Orochimaru's clothing as a young boy.Naruto chapter 122, page 7 As an adult, he wears blue tomoe-shaped earrings.
* They are on Madara Uchiha's gunbai.
* The Three Giant Snakes have tomoe markings on their heads.
* 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. After transplanting Itachi's eyes, Sasuke has used his Susanoo to fire tomoe-shaped projectiles made of Amaterasu's flames.Naruto chapter 574, page 10
* All the variations of Nine-Tails Chakra Mode shrouds feature tomoe-like markings around their collars.Naruto chapter 505, page 8Naruto chapter 571, pages 8-9Naruto chapter 631, page 8 Same goes for Tenseigan Chakra Mode.Retsu no Sho, page 19The Last: Naruto the Movie
* 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;Naruto chapter 572, pages 12-13 the same held true for both Obito and Madara Uchiha after they became the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki,Naruto chapter 638, page 4Naruto chapter 640, page 14Naruto chapter 663, pages 14-15 and for Naruto Uzumaki when he enters Six Paths Sage Mode.Naruto chapter 673, pages 14-18
* A seal that the Sage of Six Paths stood in the middle of while talking to the nine tailed beasts also featured the use of tomoe markings.
* The holes for eyes in Tobi's mask during the Fourth Shinobi World War are tomoe-shaped.Naruto chapter 511, page 16
* There are tomoe-shaped markings around the kanji for "fox" in the Uchiha Hideout.Naruto chapter 384, page 14
* They are used on the doorway of the Ridge Tower.Naruto chapter 700+4, page 16
* The structure containing Kara's Ten-Tails has six tomoe resembling its dōjutsu.Boruto chapter 35, page 21
* In the anime, the Kohaku clan's insignia is a futatsudomoe (tomoe in a design of two).
* In the anime, later depictions of Pakura's Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder changed the flaming orbs into flaming tomoe shapes.Naruto: Shippūden episode 285
* In the anime, after the months long battle against the Ten-Tails, Hagoromo creates the nine tailed beasts and they are shown to be small creatures sleeping within tomoe that Hagoromo then absorbs into himself.Naruto: Shippūden episode 462
* In Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2, the Shirogane clan's insignia is a golden mitsudomoe.
== References ==
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