A Japanese sword, or nihonto, is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were produced as early as the Yayoi period, roughly 1,000 BC to 300 AD, though the term most often refers to the curved blades made from the Heian period, 794 to 1185, onward to the present day. Commonly known types of Japanese sword include the katana, tachi, odachi, wakizashi, and tanto, which differ from one another in size, shape, field of application, and method of manufacture. 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 Introduced Year Classification
Service Status Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Sword / Polearm / Bladed 1 Connections
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one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan
- Introduced circa 0 per the entity's own sourced description text; no pre-1900 weapon system remains in current active military service.
- Introduction/adoption year stated in the entity's own sourced description text.
Used In: World War II, Wikipedia article text
In 1934 the Japanese government issued a military specification for the shin guntō (new army sword), the first version of which was the Type 94 Katana, and many machine- and hand-crafted swords used in World War II conformed to this and later shin guntō specifications.
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