The Chrysanthemum was impressed at the bow of the military ship of the navy of Empire of Japan and on all the gunyo-shoju (army rifles) produced after Murataju (rifle developed by Tsuneyoshi MURATA) of the Imperial Japanese Army.
第二次世界大戦前は、大日本帝国海軍の軍艦の艦首に、また大日本帝国陸軍では村田銃以降のすべての軍用小銃に刻印されていた。