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2. Onna-musha - Wikipedia

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   The image of samurai women continues to be impactful in martial arts, historical novels, books, and popular culture in general. [40] Like kunoichi (female ninja) and geisha , the onna-musha's conduct is seen as the ideal of Japanese women in movies, animations and TV series.

3. Naginata - Wikipedia

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   [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] The naginata is the iconic weapon of the onna-musha, a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. A common misconception is that the Naginata is a type of sword, rather than a polearm.

4. Hanfu accessories - Wikipedia

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   [52]: 23 Sword dance (Chinese: 剑舞) and knife dance (Chinese: 刀舞) both evolved from Chinese martial arts, with the records of sword dance appearing as early as the Han dynasty. [ 52 ] : 23 Chinese swords known as peijian ( Chinese : 佩剑 ), are currently fashion accessories in hanfu and are often used by young male Hanfu enthusiasts ...

5. Category:Samurai weapons and equipment - Wikipedia

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   Samurai swords (9 P) Pages in category "Samurai weapons and equipment" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.

6. Katana - Wikipedia

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   [13] [29] [40] Samurai could wear decorative sword mountings in their daily lives, but the Tokugawa shogunate regulated the formal sword that samurai wore when visiting a castle by regulating it as a daisho made of a black scabbard, a hilt wrapped with white ray skin and black string. [41] Japanese swords made in this period are classified as ...

7. Wakizashi - Wikipedia

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   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]