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Araki-ryū nagamaki is a heavy naginata over 3.5 kg (7.7 lb) in weight and 240 cm (94 in) in length. [11] All traditional Japanese swords are fitted very snugly to their hilts and held in place with a mekugi, a bamboo peg which is fit through a hole in the tang called a mekugi-ana. This is actually quite a strong mount when done correctly, and ...
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 ]
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 ...
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.
Naginatajutsu (長刀術:なぎなたじゅつ) is the Japanese art of wielding the naginata, a weapon resembling the medieval European glaive or guisarme. Most naginata practice today is in a modernized form (gendai budō) called the "way of naginata" (naginata-dō) or "new naginata" (atarashii naginata), in which competitions are also held.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Japanese: 仁義なき戦い, Hepburn: Jingi Naki Tatakai), also known in the West as The Yakuza Papers, is a Japanese yakuza film series produced by Toei Company. Inspired by a series of magazine articles by journalist Kōichi Iiboshi that are based on memoirs originally written by real-life yakuza Kōzō ...
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.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity has been released on home video and aired on television, the latter with some scenes cut. In 1980, the first four films were edited into a 224-minute compilation which was given a limited theatrical release and broadcast on Toei's TV network.