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A tachi is a type of sabre-like traditionally made Japanese sword worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Tachi and uchigatana generally differ in length, degree of curvature, and how they were worn when sheathed, the latter depending on the location of the mei (銘), or signature, on the tang.
In modern nihonto terms there is a tachi, uchigatana and katana, all of which can be differentiated from each other by size, location of the mei etc. A katana being worn in the manner of a tachi is still considered to be a katana if the mei is a katana mei. Likewise if a tachi is being worn as a katana but has a tachi mei then it is a tachi.
The kawatsutsumi tachi was stronger than the kurourushi tachi because its hilt was wrapped in leather or ray skin, lacquer was painted on top of it, leather straps and cords were wrapped around it, and the scabbard and sometimes the tsuba (hand guard) were also wrapped in leather. [56] Edo period ukiyo-e shows an ōdachi worn on the back of a ...
The first seven kata use tachi, a long bokken, for both student and teacher. [1] The last three kata use tachi for the teacher and kodachi, a shorter bokken, for the student. [ 1 ] In general, mastery of the first three kata are required for advancement to 1-Kyu and more for Dan grades.
Taiga drama (Japanese: 大河ドラマ, Hepburn: Taiga dorama, "Big River Drama") is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan.
Dailymotion is a French online video sharing platform owned by Canal+. Prior to 2024, the company was owned by Vivendi . [ 3 ] North American launch partners included Vice Media , Bloomberg , and Hearst Digital Media . [ 4 ]
From May 10 to June 28 of 2020, the show was on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New episodes resumed on July 5, 2020, starting with its seventh episode, and ended on November 8, 2020. New episodes resumed on July 5, 2020, starting with its seventh episode, and ended on November 8, 2020.
The tachi-ai (立合い) is the initial charge between two sumo wrestlers at the beginning of a bout. [1] [2] It is a combination of two Japanese words that mean “stand” and “meet”. [3] There are several common techniques that wrestlers use at the tachi-ai, with the aim of getting a decisive advantage in the bout: Charge head-first