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Triceps
The triceps was used into the middle ages as a magical sign of
protection. The othala rune signifies the home and one’s ancestors.
Hishi means water chestnut, and Japanese have used the word for a long time to denote a
rhombus or diamond shape. Japanese often bend the "h" sound to a "b" sound when it
occurs in the middle of a word. So they pronounce the combination of mitsu and hishi as
mitsubishi.
Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of the old Mitsubishi organization, chose the three-diamond
mark as the emblem for his company. The mark is suggestive of the three-leaf crest of the
Tosa Clan, Yataro's first employer, and also of the three stacked rhombuses of the
Iwasaki family crest.