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A shuriken (Japanese: 手裏剣, lit. ' hand-hidden blade ') is a Japanese concealed weapon used by samurai or ninja or in martial arts as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect. [1] [2] Shuriken are also known as throwing stars, or ninja stars, although they were originally
Shurikenjutsu (手裏剣術) is a general term describing the traditional Japanese martial arts of throwing shuriken, which are small, hand-held weapons used primarily by the Samurai in feudal Japan, such as metal spikes bō shuriken, circular plates of metal known as hira shuriken, and knives ().
Metsubushi (Japanese: 目潰し, lit. "eye closers") or gantsubushi [1] are a variety of implements and techniques that were used in feudal Japan by samurai police and other individuals to temporarily or permanently blind or disorient an opponent.
Shuriken, a traditional Japanese concealed weapon that was used for throwing, and sometimes stabbing "Throwing Stars," a song by Zumpano from their 1996 album Goin' Through Changes Throwing Stars , a 2007 film starring Scott Grimes and Jason London
In Netflix's House of Ninjas (released and set in 2024 Japan) depicted a number of successive leaders of the Fūma tribe, each of which named Fūma Kotarō (the 18th, the 19th, the 20th). A fictional weapon called the Fūma shuriken is a large collapsible shuriken with four blades.
Pages in category "Weapons of Japan" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Sai (weapon) Shobo; Shuriken; Suntetsu; T. Tonfa; Type 30 ...
The kyoketsu-shoge (Japanese: 距跋渉毛) [1] is a double-edged blade, with another curved blade attached near the hilt at a 45–60 degree angle. This is attached to approximately 10 to 18 feet (3–5 m) of rope , chain , or hair which then ends in a large metal ring .
This was Japan's first locally made service rifle, and was used from 1880 to 1898. An industrial infrastructure, such as the Koishikawa Arsenal had to be established to produce such new weapons. Later, Japan developed the very successful bolt action Arisaka series rifles, which was the Japanese service rifle until the end of World War II. [28]