Japanese sword (disambiguation)

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Japanese sword usually refers to the katana (or nihontō), a traditional Japanese sword. The term may also refer to:

  • Chisakatana, a shortened katana
  • Chokutō, a type of straight and (usually) single-edged Japanese sword that dates back to pre-Heian times
  • Daikatana, a pseudo-Japanese term meaning "large sword"
  • Dōtanuki, a very thick, long handled sword resembling a katana
  • Hachiwara, a type of blunt, knife-shaped weapon resembling a jitte
  • Kodachi, a Japanese sword that is too short to be considered a long sword but too long to be a dagger
  • Nagamaki, a Japanese weapon popular between the 12th and 14th centuries
  • Ninjatō, the most common name for the reputed sword a ninja would have carried
  • Nodachi, a large two-handed Japanese sword
  • O-katana, a katana slightly longer than a regular katana
  • Ōdachi, a type of long Japanese sword
  • Shin gunto, a style of japanese katana designated as part of the uniform for officers of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1934 until the end of World War II
  • Shinken, a sharp Japanese style sword uses for high level iaido or tameshigiri (cutting) practice
  • Tachi, a Japanese sword, often said to be more curved and slightly longer than the katana
  • Tantō, a common Japanese single or, occasionally, double edged knife or dagger with a blade length between 15 and 30 cm
  • Tsurugi, a Japanese word used to refer to any type of broadsword, or various Chinese heroes' weapons or Chinese swords
  • Uchigatana, a Japanese blade and predecessor of the katana
  • Wakizashi, a traditional Japanese sword with a shōtō blade between 30 and 60 cm
  • Zanbatō, an especially large type of Japanese sword, the historical use of which is completely fictional

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