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Encyclopedia: Wakizashi

The (meaning "side arm") is a traditional Japanese sword with a shōtō blade between 30 and 60 cm (12 and 24 inches), with an average of 50 cm (20 inches). It is similar to but shorter than a katana, and sometimes longer than the kodachi ("small sword"). The wakizashi was usually worn together with the katana by the samurai or swordsmen of feudal Japan. When worn together the pair of swords were called daishō, which translates literally as "large and small". The katana was often called the sword or the long sword and the wakizashi the companion sword.

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How to say "Wakizashi" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	脇差
	(Japanese)	脇差
	(German)	Wakizashi
	(Spanish)	Wakizashi
	(French)	Wakizashi
	(Italian)	Wakizashi

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Daisho

The daishō (大小, lit. "big and small") are the traditional arms of the samurai, composed of katana and wakizashi...

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Tanto

�, wakizashi, and katana stating they are "the same sword in different lengths." The Tantō differs from the... well. Tantō were often interchangeable with Wakizashi, and were preferred on the battlefield due to...

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Kodachi

A kodachi (小太刀) is a blade that is too small to be a sword but too big to be a dagger. Because its size it can be drawn and swung extremely fast. It is mainly a blade that can be used for a shield. While not as strong as a sword, it is just as sharp. It is a little bit longer than wakizashi...

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Ninja Ken

and tameshigiri would be next to impossible. The Bujinkan school uses the katana and wakizashi, with a wakizashi that has a 13" tsuka in a katana saya for deception. A straight sword would be much...

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Katana

members of the buke warrior class paired with the wakizashi, or short sword. The two weapons..., Katori Shinto Ryu). See also tsurugi, tachi, wakizashi, tsuba, saya, zanbatou, iaito, bokken... wakizashi. (short sword) A blade longer than 2 shaku is considered a long sword. Such a blade could be a...

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Katori Shinto Ryu

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List of martial arts weapons

Wakizashi Ninjato Daito Tachi Iaito (Practise weapon used in Iaido) Kampilan Shinai (Japanese bamboo...

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Tachi

the saya (scabbard) thrust through the obi (belt) with the edge upward. See also: tsurugi, wakizashi...

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Miko

(longbow), tanto (knife), or any of the various Japanese swords: katana, wakizashi, etc. Miko were...

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Nodachi

such as the katana, wakizashi, and tachi were worn at the waist or belt. The nodachi was more difficult...

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