Heaven's Cloud and Japanese Cultural Significance

Cloud's Heaven's Cloud has some interesting history in Japanese culture, read the following excerpt from Japanese Swordsmanship: Technique and Practice by Gordon Warner and Donn F. Draeger:

"The greatest and most revered of Japanese swords is the Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi (Gathering-Clouds-of-Heaven Sword), alternately called Kusa-nagi no Tsurugi (Grass-mowing Sword)."

It is basically one of the three sacred regalia of the imperial family, and without all of them, the family can not take the throne.

"...The sword is a straight-bladed, double-cutting-edged type with a perfect balance. It denotes courage..."

A remarkably similar description to Cloud's Heaven's Cloud.

I'm pretty sure that should be Ame no Murakumo, not Ama no Murakumo. Meaning "Gathering Rain Clouds," not "Gather Clouds of Heaven." But, yeah. Heaven's Cloud, man.

An awful lot of seemingly obscure FF weapons actually have some significance in fact or myth.

Especially the Nail Bat. Gotta love that one.

Indeed. The Nail Bat dates back to the mid-90's, when young street thugs would pound rusty nails into baseball bats. One such nail-smith, Murasame (known as Mura-fo among his peeps) could make Nail Bats so well, that it was said that a leaf placed in a river with his bats would be thouroghly bludgeoned.

:lol: I can't wait to hear your explanation for the Mop...