The gauntlets are known as the "Gauntlets of the White Reeds." These are worn by the Inaba, the chief disciples of the renowned swordsman Okina. The Inaba journeyed to seek not only their estranged master but also honorable deaths achieved through rigorous combat. Being a White Reed entails a pursuit of death, a fitting path for the Inaba, who sought nothing more than a noble demise by the sword.