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Hagakure wallpaper I made after watching Ghost Dog (excellent movie).

I created the kamon symbol in Illustrator and put the wallpaper together in Photoshop.

This is the kamon featured on some publications of the Hagakure (a kamon is a Japanese family symbol, like a coat of arms) and on the cover of the Ghost Dog DVD.

I've tried to find what association this kamon has with Hagakure and it seems there isn't one except a publisher though it looked cool on the cover of the book. This isn't the kamon of Yamamoto Tsunetomo as far as I know, or his retainer Nabeshima Mitsushige (his looks very different). I've also seen it associated with bushido.

Anyway, see Ghost Dog and get the soundtrack by RZA. :-)
...and read the Hagakure if you dig ancient samurai wizdom (there are free PDF versions via Google).

EDIT: Uploaded higher quality version. Also see my gallery for a 1920x1080 version.
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Hi! I just made a personal review of Hagakure and used this image as a cover in that blog post. Of course, proper attribute and linking to this image have been provided. Please let me know if this is not ok with you.

The post is here: [link]

Thanks! BTW, this is a wonderful creation. I think it really captures the spirit of the text itself.