I just saw a wooden Buddha(Nyorai) statue in an antique shop today and i liked it. There was this emblem on the middle of the statue..Is it something like a family crest or shrine crest maybe?
It does look like a 家紋 (kamon/family crest). The motif looks like katabami (oxalis, wood sorrel). I don't know this for sure, but since this probably came from a private collection it seems plausible that the statue was commissioned by a family and that's their crest.
家紋 A Kamon is a family emblem used to identify an individual clan or family in Japan. There are 241 kinds and 5000 Kamon exist in Japan. In Japan, each family has its unique family crest...