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...

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...

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...

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...

(Japanese) Panabas (Philippinese) Ssangsudo (Korean) Tachi (Japanese) Uchigatana (Japanese) Assamese dao (Indian, Southeast Asian) Boar sword (European)...

with most koryū, this would commonly be a kodachi (short-sword) or an uchigatana/katana (long-sword), however upon exploring this concept, other weapons...

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...