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  2. Yari - Wikipedia

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    Three yari (Kagi yari, omi yari, and su yari) mounted in koshirae, including one with an asymmetrical crossbar (hadome). Yari (槍) is the term for a traditionally-made Japanese blade (日本刀; nihontō) [2] [3] in the form of a spear, or more specifically, the straight-headed spear. [4]

  3. Ōdachi - Wikipedia

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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). The 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 ...

  4. List of premodern combat weapons - Wikipedia

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    Hoko yari (Japanese) Iklwa (Zulu tribe of South Africa) Jukjangchangbo, daijichang, toupjang, nangsun, dongyemochang, chichang, sabarichang, yangjimochang (Korean) Lance (European) Menavlion, menavlon (Greek) Migration Period spear, geirr, gaizaz, gar, ger, framea (European) Military fork (European) Pike (English) Pitchfork (Improvised) Qiang ...

  5. Three Great Spears of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The type of blade shape is sasaho yari. [2] Nihongō (日本号, also read Nippongō, Hinomotogō): A famous spear that was once used in the Imperial Palace. Nihongo later found its way into the possession of Fukushima Masanori, and then Tahei Mori. It is now at Fukuoka City Museum. The type of blade shape is omi yari. [2]

  6. Kama-yari - Wikipedia

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    Kama-yari. The kama-yari (鎌槍, 'sickle spear') is essentially a yari with horizontal kama (blade) at the base of the vertical blade to assist in grappling an opponent. . Generally, the transverse blade, or hook, is large enough to hold the head, neck, or jaw or to grapple with the limbs of an o

  7. Japanese sword - Wikipedia

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    Yari have various blade forms, from a simple double edged and flat blade, to a triangular cross section double edged blade, to those with a symmetric cross-piece (jumonji-yari) or those with an asymmetric cross piece. The main blade is symmetric and straight, unlike a naginata, and usually smaller, but can be as large as or bigger than some ...

  8. ‘Large’ sea creature — with ‘blade-like’ claws — discovered ...

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    Mazu’s porter crab is considered “large” and has “very long” legs with “blade-like” claws, the study said. Co-author Peter Ng told McClatchy News the crab’s body is about 1.2 ...

  9. Polearm - Wikipedia

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    For example, 'Jumonji yari' refers to a yari with a cross-shaped blade, and 'Sasaho yari' refers to a yari with a blade shaped like a sasa leaf. During the Sengoku period, a large group of ashigaru in a formation used yari as one of their main weapons and exerted tremendous power on the battlefield.