During the period of the Northern and Southern Courts, which was about 200 years earlier than the period of Shingen, the banner was used by Akiie KITABATAKE as a Jinki (the flag for a camp) containing the emblem, Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan (風林火山).
風林火山の旗印は信玄より200年ほど前の南北朝時代に北畠顕家が陣旗として使っていた。