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The Three Great Spears of Japan are three individual spears that were made and crafted by the greatest historical blacksmiths of Japan: [1] Tonbokiri (蜻蛉切, also read Tonbogiri): This spear once wielded by Honda Tadakatsu, one of the great generals of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was forged by Masazane, a disciple of Muramasa.
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A reproduction of the Nihon-go, one of the Three Great Spears of Japan. Forged in 1967 by Living National Treasure Masamine Sumitani and engraved with a horimono by Sensyū Kokeguchi. Around the latter half of the 16th century, ashigaru holding pikes (nagae yari) with length of 4.5 to 6.5 m (15 to 21 ft) became the main forces in armies.
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Muramasa's students made excellent weapons too. Fujiwara Masazane, a disciple of Muramasa, forged Tonbokiri, [5] one of the Three Great Spears of Japan. Masazane also forged a sword called Inoshishi-giri (猪切, "boar-slayer") whose name came from a legend that Sakai Tadatsugu killed a wild boar with this sword when accompanying Ieyasu in ...
Pages in category "Spears of Japan" ... Three Great Spears of Japan; Tonbokiri; Y. Yari This page was last edited on 25 November 2024, at 00:41 ...
The height of sōjutsu's popularity was immediately after the Mongol invasions of the 13th century, who themselves used spearmen in great numbers. [1] The Japanese ultimately modified the heads of their spears into a number of different variations, leading to the use of the spear both on foot and from horseback, and for slashing as well as the ...
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