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A tsurugi (剣) or ken (剣) is a Japanese sword. The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity (as opposed to curved, single-edged swords such as the katana). [1] In Japanese the term tsurugi or ken is used as a term for all sorts of international long, double-edged swords.
Other types of Japanese swords include: tsurugi or ken, which is a straight double-edged sword; [19] ōdachi, tachi, which are older styles of a very long curved single-edged sword; uchigatana, a slightly shorter curved single-edged long sword; wakizashi, a medium-sized sword; and tantō, which is an even smaller knife-sized sword.
ha (刃, edge) – the tempered cutting edge of a blade. The side opposite the mune. Also called hasaki or yaiba. (see image) [18] hajimi (刃染) – misty spots in the temper line (hamon) resulting from repeated grinding or faulty tempering. [19] hamachi (刃区) – notch in the cutting edge (ha), dividing the blade proper from the tang ...
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi (草 薙 の 剣) is a legendary Japanese sword and one of three Imperial Regalia of Japan. It was originally called Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi ( 天 叢 雲 剣 , "Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds") , but its name was later changed to the more popular Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi ("Grass-Cutting Sword").
Japanese swords that pre-date the rise of the samurai caste include the tsurugi (straight double-edged blade) and chokutō (straight one-edged blade). [59] Japanese swordmaking reached the height of its development in the 15th and 16th centuries, when samurai increasingly found a need for a sword to use in closer quarters, leading to the ...
Swordmaking centers developed in Yamato, San'in and Mutsu where various types of blades such as tsurugi, tōsu and tachi [nb 1] were produced. [11] [13] Flat double-edged (hira-zukuri) blades originated in the Kofun period, and around the mid-Kofun period swords evolved from thrusting to cutting weapons. [13]
Gladius: Roman one-handed double-edged shortsword for thrusting (primary) and slashing, used by legionaries (heavy infantry) [2] and gladiators, and late Roman light infantry. 3rd century BCE Roman Republic – late Roman Empire. Kopis: one-handed single-edged sword – blade 48–60 cm (19–24 in) – with forward-curving blade for slashing
It is a single-edged type called kissaki-moroha-zukuri (鋒両刃造), in which only the tip of the blade is double-edged. A similar example is the Kogarasu Maru. The shape of the blade is a straight sword (直刀, chokutō) with a slightly curved blade. The shape of the mune (棟, opposite the cutting edge) is a chamfered 3-mune type.