Murasame

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Murasame（村雨） is originally a famous fictional rain summoning katana from "Nansō Satomi Hakkenden"(南総里見八犬伝), the Japanese 19th century novel. And can refer to:

• The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Murasame-class destroyers.
• The World War II Japanese destroyer Murasame.
• Four Murasame, a fictional character from Z Gundam.
• The MVF-M11C Murasame, a fictional combat vehicle from Gundam SEED Destiny.
• The Murasame Liger, a fictional mecha from Zoids: Genesis.
• Fictional swords from the Final Fantasy series of computer role-playing games.
• A fictional sword in the manga Bastard!! wielded by the character Gara.
• A doujin soft circle.

Murasame should not be confused with the historical swordsmiths Masamune and Muramasa.