The uchigatana is a type of Japanese sword worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan, descended from the tachi and becoming its replacement as the primary battlefield sword. The term appears in literary works as early as the Kamakura period, but the weapon became widespread during the Muromachi period, and by the Momoyama period it had displaced the tachi almost entirely, later becoming a defining element of samurai status when worn in pairs as part of the daisho. 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
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Weapon Class (category)Sword / Polearm / Bladed 1 Connections
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- 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.
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During the fifteenth century, the uchigatana came into use, and during the Muromachi Period (1336 to 1573) use of the uchigatana became widespread.
In Group: Medieval Swords and Sabres, Infobox: type
Sword
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