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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.
Unsigned sword (剣 無銘, tsurugi mumei) [nb 7] [39] [40] [41] Handle in the shape of a Buddhist ritual implement, a pestle like weapon with three prongs (sanko); double-edged sword for ceremonial use only early Heian period: Tsurugi: 62.2 cm (24.5 in)
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.
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
tsuba (鍔 or 鐔) – sword guard; generally a round metal plate with a central wedge shaped hole for the blade and if needed up to two smaller holes for the kozuka or kōgai [54] tsurugi (剣) – symmetrical double-edged thrusting weapon popular in the Nara and early Heian period. [56] [57] Also a (now rare) general term for double-edged ...
The edged-weapon cases resulted in fatalities more than 60% of the time, including one innocent bystander. Of the 56 edged-weapon cases, police officials deemed the shootings “out of policy ...
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").
Moscow police: ‘Edged weapon’ used in University of Idaho attack that killed 4 students. Kevin Fixler, Angela Palermo, Sally Krutzig. November 15, 2022 at 11:46 AM.