Kyūba no michi — the way of the horse and bow.
Before the sword became the emblem of the samurai, the warrior’s discipline was kyūba no michi, the way of the horse and bow. The bow was the first weapon of the mounted warrior, and archery was the skill by which a retainer was measured.
The Maruni Chigai Ya — crossed arrows within a ring — carries that discipline as a crest. The arrow is the commitment: aim taken, intent declared, and once loosed, it does not return. It is the guardian’s virtue rather than the aggressor’s — the arrow answers a threat already made.
Maruni is the silver edition of the series, and the only one offered in a single treatment. Where the Tokugawa and Takanoha editions run gold, this one runs nickel and stainless throughout — there is no gold Maruni.
Read the history of the crossed arrows ›The Maruni Edition is offered in one treatment. Unlike the gold editions, it is built in nickel and stainless throughout — a maki silver foil crest, a nickel plated port cover and bolt catch, and a stainless barrel left bright. The two rifles below are that one treatment, and what separates them is the menpō.
