Five Elements Unseal

From Narutopedia

Five Elements Unseal[1]
Name
Kanji	五行解印
Rōmaji	Gogyō Kaiin
Literal English	Five Elements Unseal
English TV	Five Pronged Seal Release
Debut
Manga	Chapter #91
Anime	Naruto Episode #53
Data
Classification	Fūinjutsu
Rank	A-rank
Class	Supplementary
Range	Short-range
Users Jiraiya Kazuma (Anime only)

This jutsu is used to remove seals of up to equal power, like the Five Elements Seal.

The five elements in the name of this jutsu don't refer to the elemental chakra used in many other jutsu (earth (土, tsuchi), water (水, mizu), fire (火, hi), wind (風, kaze), and lightning (雷, kaminari)). Instead, they refer to the Chinese five elements: metal (金, Chinese: jīn), wood (木, Chinese: mù), water (水, Chinese: shuǐ), fire (火, Chinese: huǒ), and earth (土, Chinese: tǔ), suggesting the elements are merely symbolic.

[edit] References

1. ↑ First Databook, page 183