Fūrinkazan

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Fūrinkazan (Japanese: ふうりんかざん, kanji:風林火山), literally "Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain", was the battle flag used by a Sengoku period daimyo named Takeda Shingen, quoting The Art of War: "Move as swift as a wind, stay as silent as forest, attack fierce like fire, unmovable defence like a mountain."

[edit] Culture Echo

• A book by Yasushi Inoue is named after it.
• Ryu, the main character of the Street Fighter fighting games series, has Fūrinkazan (in kanji) sculpted on his belt, and made two vertical board on both side of his home stage[1].
• Sanada Genichirou, a character from the Prince of Tennis Japanese manga, has a series of special techniques known as the Fu Rin Ka Zan.
• There is a card in the Yugioh TCG named Furinkazan.

[edit] See also

• Fūrinkazan (Taiga drama)