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The Odachi Masayoshi forged by bladesmith Sanke Masayoshi, dated 1844. The blade length is 225.43 cm (88.75 in) and the tang is 92.41 cm (36.38 in). An ōdachi (大太刀, large/great sword) or nodachi (野太刀, field sword) [4] [5] [6] is a type of traditionally made Japanese sword (日本刀, nihontō) [7] [8] used by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
Visual glossary of Japanese sword terms. 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.
In Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, the devil forgemaster, Hector, can create and wield a nodachi with a blood-stained blade. In Suikoden V, the Tenman Star Dinn uses a nodachi in combat. In the Samurai Warriors series, Mori Ranmaru is depicted wielding a sword identified as a nodachi. Setsuna Sakurazaki of Negima wields a nodachi.
Yūnagi: Yūnagi (夕凪; Evening Calm) is the nodachi of Setsuna Sakurazaki in Negima! Magister Negi Magi , given to her by Eishun Konoe. Z Sword : From Dragon Ball Z , it is a large broadsword in which the Kaioshin, Old Kai was sealed by the God of Destruction Beerus after an argument between them during a meeting between the Kaioshin and the ...
Blood of the Samurai is a 2001 American action film directed by Aaron Yamasato. It stars Bryan Yamasaki and Michael Ng as two friends who, after discovering a pair of ancient katanas, become possessed by the swords. A mysterious man, played by Shawn Forsythe, hunts them down to recover the katanas.
Chiburui (血振るい), also called chiburi, [1] is the process by which one symbolically removes blood from a sword blade. The term chiburui can thus be translated as "shaking off the blood". In the Japanese martial art of iaidō, this is done before nōtō or placing the blade back into the scabbard (known as saya). [2]
Taito Magatsu (凶 戴斗, Magatsu Taito) Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (2008 anime), Tatsuhisa Suzuki (2019 anime) [2] (Japanese); Derek Stephen Prince (2008 anime), Michael Wronski (2019 anime) (English) Among the Ittō-ryū's finest swordsmen. Of peasant origin, he became a swordsman to avenge his sister, who was killed as a child by a samurai.
Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū (無双直伝英信流 or 無雙直傳英信流) is a Japanese sword art school and one of the most widely practiced schools of iai in the world. [citation needed] Often referred to simply as "Eishin-ryū," it claims an unbroken lineage dating back from the sixteenth century to the early 20th century.