Sanada's Six Coins Playing Cards

The Sanada Roku Mon Sen or Zenimon is a family crest. It is referred to as "Sanada Zenisen" in "Heian Monkan" and "Mon Den", and as "Sanada Roku Mon Sen" in "Mon no Kokorozashi" and "Nihon no Monsho". In "Jomon no Kenkyu", it is called "Shinano Sanada Roku Mon Ren Sen", and in "Kamon no Jiten", it is referred to as "Roku Ren Sen". Mumon Sen refers to coins with only a square hole, like this design. The Sanada clan is particularly famous for using Mumon Sen, which symbolizes the six coins needed after death. The six coins represent the six paths of Buddhism: hell, hungry spirits, animals, asura, humans, and heaven. On the battlefield, the Roku Ren Sen was seen as a symbol of the wearer's willingness to risk death, and was feared by others as the