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The nagamaki was a long sword with a blade that could be 60 cm (24 in) or more and a handle of about equal length to the blade. [3] The blade was single-edged, resembling a naginata blade, but the handle (tsuka) of the nagamaki was not a smooth-surfaced wooden shaft as in the naginata; it was made more like a katana hilt.
The naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Naginata were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and sōhei (warrior monks). [ 3 ]
In the late Heian period, battles on foot began to increase and naginata, a bladed polearm, became a main weapon along with a yumi. [8] The attempted Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281 was one of the factors that changed Japanese weaponry and warfare. The Mongols employed Chinese and Korean footmen wielding long pikes and fought in ...
Battle of Nyoigatake (1509) ja:如意ケ嶽の戦い; Battle of Nagamorihara (1510) ja:長森原の戦い; Siege of Gongenyama (1510) Siege of Arai (1516) Battle of Arita-Nakaide (1517) ja:有田中井手の戦い; Battle of Iidagawara (1521) Ningbo Turmoil (1523) ja:寧波の乱; Siege of Edo (1524) Siege of Kamakura (1526) Battle of ...
Japanese swordsmithing is the labour-intensive bladesmithing process developed in Japan beginning in the sixth century for forging traditionally made bladed weapons [1] [2] including katana, wakizashi, tantō, yari, naginata, nagamaki, tachi, nodachi, ōdachi, kodachi, and ya.
Naginata, nagamaki, and yari, despite being polearms, are still considered to be swords, which is a common misconception; naginata, nagamaki and yari differ from swords. [1] [20] The type classifications for Japanese swords indicate the combination of a blade and its mounts as this, then, determines the style of use of the blade.
In 1868, during the Battle of Aizu in the Boshin War, Nakano Takeko, a member of the Aizu clan, was recruited to become leader of a female corps Jōshitai (娘子隊, Girls' Army), [33] which fought against the onslaught of 20,000 soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army of the Ōgaki Domain. Highly skilled at the naginata, Takeko and her corps ...
In Japanese martial arts, "initiative" (先, sen) is "the decisive moment when a killing action is initiated." [20] There are two types of initiative in Japanese martial arts, early initiative (先の先, sen no sen), and late initiative (後の先, go no sen). Each type of initiative complements the other, and has different advantages and ...