Hakakure the book of the samurai has a symbal on the front cover. what does it mean?

Question

Hakakure the book of the samurai has a symbal on the front cover. what does it mean?

Answer 1

Try to look out here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagakure

Hope u will find what u looking for:)

Answer 2

it's a symbol for a particular samurai sect. every temple or ninja or samurai group had one and can still be found all over japan. the one on the book stood for the membership that the writer affiliated with