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...lar [[manga]] characters use ''kunai'' as both their primary and secondary weapons. ...hrowing weapons. Instead, ''kunai'' were primarily tools and, when used as weapons, were stabbing and thrusting implements.

...:鳶口]]) which is a type of axe that had a "stout haft and a short pick-like blade".<ref name="Amdur2014">{{cite book|author=[[Ellis Amdur]]|title=Old School: ...ef>{{cite book|author=Serge Mol|title=Classical Weaponry of Japan: Special Weapons and Tactics of the Martial Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzIXk

...56&dq=history+of+shuriken&hl=en|title=Classical Weaponry of Japan: Special Weapons and Tactics of the Martial Arts|date=2003|publisher=Kodansha International| ...id=8YPQAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=shuriken&hl=en|title=Ninja Weapons: Chain and Shuriken|date=2012-01-17|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-

...at was going to happen, he would have swallowed large stones to damage the blade.<ref name="Man2011">{{cite book|last=Man|first=John|title=Samurai|url=https ...e grain of the target (if any), the quality of the sword, the angle of the blade (''hasuji'') on impact, and the angle of the swing of the sword (''tachisuj

...od]], many old ''[[tachi]]'' were cut from the root and shortened, and the blade at the root was crushed and converted into ''katana''.<ref name="suriage"/>

...to the national military. These soldiers were required to supply their own weapons, and in return were exempted from duties and taxes.<ref name="HW"/> This wa [[File:Blacksmith Munechika, helped by a fox spirit, forging the blade Ko-Gitsune Maru, by Ogata Gekkō.jpg|thumb|In the [[noh drama]] ''Sanjō Ko

...Shambhala | year = 2004 }}</ref> His family possessions such as furniture, weapons, genealogy, and other records were left with his sister and her husband, Hi ...r its length, as well as being titled "three-[[Shaku (unit)|shaku]] silver blade" (「三尺の白刃」). Using this sword, Kojirō was said to be known f

...e hidden in Kenshin's lavatory, and fatally injured Kenshin by thrusting a blade or spear into his [[anus]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Nihon Hakugaku Kurabu|2006|p=36}}< ...of the ninja. Precautions were often taken against assassinations, such as weapons concealed in the lavatory, or under a removable floorboard.<ref name="Turnb