Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.
The mark consists of two stylized Kanji (Chinese) characters with a leaf design above one of the characters. To the right of the characters, a small partially shaded box is displayed with the letters "SOEN" inside. Underneath the Kanji characters, the stylized wording "1738" and "SOEN" is displayed. Two vertical lines appear to the right and left of the word "SOEN".
ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT SOEN; SEVENTEEN THIRTY EIGHT SOEN