| Although Sakai was told to use the three hollyhock leaves for his family crest if they won the battle, in the time of Nagachika, the fifth head of the Matsudaira family, the Matsudaira family decided to use the Mitsuba-aoi as the family crest while the Sakai family was granted a yellow sorrel crest similar to the Mitsuba-aoi. |
この合戦勝利を得しより、この三つ葵を酒井家の紋にせよと賜りしが、五代長親の時、この紋を松平家の家紋と定め、酒井家にはこれに似たる酢漿草の紋を与えたり。 |