![]() Yari ( 槍, "spear"): A spear, or spear-like polearm.Naginata mounts consist of a long wooden pole, different from a nagamaki mount, which is shorter and wrapped. Naginata ( なぎなた, 薙刀): A polearm with a curved single-edged blade.There are bladed weapons made in the same traditional manner as Japanese swords, which are not swords, but which are still Japanese swords ( nihontō) (as "tō" means "blade", rather than specifically "sword"): Usually one-edged, but some were double-edged, though asymmetrical. Tantō is generally classified as a sword, but its usage is the same as that of a knife. Tantō ( 短刀, "short blade"): A sword with a blade shorter than 30 cm.The name derives from the way the sword would be stuck at one's side through the obi (sash/belt). Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. Wakizashi ( 脇差, "side inserted "): A general term for a sword between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm in modern measurement), predominantly made after 1600.It was developed from sasuga, a kind of tantō, around the 14th century, and became the mainstream replacing tachi from the 15th century. Uchigatana ( 打刀, "striking sword"): A sword with a curved blade longer than 60 cm (there is no upper length limit but generally they are shorter than 90 cm), worn with the edge upwards in the sash.The name refers to the length of the handle wrapping. Nagamaki ( 長巻, "long wrapping"): A sword with an exceptionally long handle, usually about as long as the blade. ![]()
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