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Pages in category "Samurai weapons and equipment" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The first type has a weapon in the shape of a sickle that has a chain attached to the end of its shaft. The use of the first type depends on the ryū (school), with the weapon being held in either hand and its chain and weight being held in the other hand to be swung at the other person. Depending on how easy it is to see the weapon's weight ...
Ono that were specifically designed for military use are of extreme rarity. The weapon version of the ono is described as having "a very large head with a very convex cutting edge and a large scroll-shaped peen opposite it. It has a sheath covering only the edge of the blade. The entire length is nearly 6 ft (180 cm)". [1]
Sword of the Dark Ones, known in Japan as Ragnarok (Japanese: ラグナロク, Hepburn: Ragunaroku), is a Japanese manga series illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki.Based on a novel written by Kentaro Yasui, the series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine from 2000 to 2003, with its individual chapters collected into three volumes.
Benkei armed himself with seven weapons, and is often depicted carrying these on his back. In addition to his sword, he carried a broad axe ( masakari ), a rake ( kumade ), a sickle ( nagigama ), a wooden mallet ( hizuchi ), a saw ( nokogiri ), an iron staff ( tetsubō ), and a Japanese glaive ( naginata ).
The wakizashi was one of several short swords available for use by samurai including the yoroi tōshi, and the chisa-katana. The term wakizashi did not originally specify swords of any official blade length [10] and was an abbreviation of wakizashi no katana ("sword thrust at one's side"); the term was applied to companion swords of all sizes. [11]
Weapons for capturing suspected criminals: on the left tsukubō, in the middle sodegarami, and on the right sasumata. The sodegarami (袖搦, sleeve entangler) is a polearm that was used by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan.
The yoroi-dōshi is an extra thick tantō, a short sword, which appeared in the Sengoku period (late Muromachi) of the 14th and 15th centuries. [4] The yoroi-dōshi was made for piercing armour [5] and for stabbing while grappling in close quarters.