The gunto is a ceremonial sword produced for the Imperial Japanese army and navy following the introduction of conscription in 1872. Carried from the Meiji era through the middle of the Showa era, roughly 1872 to 1945, it typically had an overall length near 100 centimeters with a curved single edged blade about 60 centimeters long, mounted in a hilt and scabbard of wood, leather, metal, and other materials depending on rank and period. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Sword / Polearm / Bladed 1 Classification
Service Status Weapon Class Connections
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Gunto
- Weapon class (sword-polearm-blade) is a pre-industrial/melee weapon type by its own nature per the entity's own sourced description text; not carried in current active military service.
Introduction
is a ceremonial sword produced for the Imperial Japanese army and navy following the introduction of conscription in 1872
Used In: Russo-Japanese War, Wikipedia article text
These swords are referred to as Murata-tō and they were used in both the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).
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