Gyoshotai: Gyosho is the semi-cursive style

5 cm Blade Length 75

It defines our practice as ways of self improvements rather than arts of war

Juroku Kiku (16-petal chrysanthemum)

If your weapons are not painted it will not be necessary to sand

Kiku Kamon Engraving Design:Daki Kiku Ha ni Kiku (3) Gyoshotai: Gyosho is the semi-cursiveKiku Kamon Engraving Figure Chrysanthemum in Japanese. The Kiku mon has been associated for centuries with Japans imperial lineage. In ancient times however, following a Chinese tradition, Japanese emperors used the sun as their main emblem. It is said that the chrysanthemum eventually came to replace the sun because of its design similarities: the 16 (or 32) petals of the flower representing the original rays of sunshine. Many samurai and warlords