A dragon’s scale (ryurin) is a stylized charge from Japanese Mon, meant to represent a portion of a dragon’s armored skin. Its point is to chief by default. The dragon’s scale is found in the Mon of Houjou [Hawley 57], but has not yet been dated to period; pending evidence, the dragon’s scale is no longer registerable.
Otagiri Tatsuzo bears: Sable, three ken blades and three dragon scales conjoined in annulo, points outward, within a bordure embattled argent.