At a battlefield, Kenshin fought without fear as he believed that even if a bullet grazed his hair it could not hit him, he dedicated ganmon (prayer) for self rightness to Shinto and Buddhist deities before any battle.
戦場において、銃弾が頭髪をかすめようとも、自分に当たるわけがないと信じて恐れもなく戦ったり、合戦前には自分の正当性を示す願文を神仏に奉納した。