Katana (redirect from Uchigatana)
and converted into a katana. The specific term for katana in Japan is uchigatana (打刀) and the term katana (刀) often refers to single-edged swords from...
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manufacture. Some of the more commonly known types of Japanese swords are the uchigatana, tachi, ōdachi, wakizashi, and tantō. In modern times the most commonly...
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An Uchigatana made by Bizen Osafune. General Kwon Eung-su (권응수, 1546-1608), killed Japanese General Kihachi (喜八) and took it for use during the Imjin War...
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sword (nihonto) worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Tachi and uchigatana generally differ in length, degree of curvature, and how they were worn...
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(Japanese) Panabas (Philippinese) Ssangsudo (Korean) Tachi (Japanese) Uchigatana (Japanese) Assamese dao (Indian, Southeast Asian) Boar sword (European)...
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Cultural Affairs is Tachi Mumei-Ichimonji (Yamatorige) Hitokuchi tsuketari Uchigatana-Goshirae (太刀 無銘一文字(山鳥毛) 一口 附 打刀拵, "An Unsigned Tachi by the Ichimonji...
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with most koryū, this would commonly be a kodachi (short-sword) or an uchigatana/katana (long-sword), however upon exploring this concept, other weapons...
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