The ninjato, or shinobi gatana, is alleged to be the preferred weapon of the shinobi of feudal Japan, though it is chiefly portrayed as such by modern ninjutsu practitioners and popular culture. Twentieth century examples of the sword are displayed at the Koka Ninja Village Museum in Koka, Shiga, at the Gifu Castle Archives Museum in Gifu Prefecture, and at the Ninja Museum of Igaryu, established in the mid 1960s. 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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Service Status Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Sword / Polearm / Bladed 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ninjato
- Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
- 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.
Article text
1956: The first known photograph of a straight-blade "ninja" sword is featured in a 26-page Japanese booklet entitled Ninjutsu by HeishichirÅ Okuse.
In Group: Early Modern Swords and Sabres, Infobox: type
Short sword (single-edge)
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