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Pair of White Swords
The Tokugawa Shogunate bestowed upon Yui Shousetsu a pair of swords at the commencement of the Waxing Moon Ritual. Both are decorated entirely in white, from scabbard, to mounting, to handle. As long as she possessed this pair of swords, Yui Shousetsu was regarded as a special figure among the shogunate's retainers.
In the pruned timeline of the Edo period, the fourth shogun, Ietsuna, was said to have described Yui Shousetsu only once: "Her soul is pure white."

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