Tomboyama Nihonto Tanren Dojo » Glossary http://tomboyama.com Dragonfly Mountain Japanese Sword Forging School Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:24:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Ashigaru http://tomboyama.com/2010/01/13/ashigaru/ http://tomboyama.com/2010/01/13/ashigaru/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:33:21 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=960 足軽
(light foot)
An infantryman, not of the samurai class, generally armed with a yari, which formed the bulk of the large armies of the Warring Provinces Period (sengoku jidai)]]> Ashigaru: 足軽

An infantryman, not of the samurai class, generally armed with a yari, which formed the bulk of the large armies of the Warring Provinces Period (sengoku jidai) in the 15th and 16th centuries.

]]> http://tomboyama.com/2010/01/13/ashigaru/feed/ 0 Aranie http://tomboyama.com/2010/01/13/aranie/ http://tomboyama.com/2010/01/13/aranie/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:25:23 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=957 荒沸
or

荒錵

Course nie Aranie

Course nie.

]]> http://tomboyama.com/2010/01/13/aranie/feed/ 0 Gomabashi http://tomboyama.com/2010/01/13/gomabashi/ http://tomboyama.com/2010/01/13/gomabashi/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:39:05 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=954 ji, horimono, in the form of two short parallel grooves, which represent Buddhist ritual tongs]]> Gomabashi

A carving on the ji, horimono, in the form of two short parallel grooves, which represent Buddhist ritual tongs.

]]> http://tomboyama.com/2010/01/13/gomabashi/feed/ 0 Mekugi http://tomboyama.com/2009/11/08/mekugi/ http://tomboyama.com/2009/11/08/mekugi/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:19:49 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=680 mekugi-ana) in both the nakago and the tsuka, and which secures the blade to the handle]]> Mekugi 目釘

The peg that passes through a hole (mekugi-ana) in both the nakago and the tsuka, and which secures the blade to the handle.

]]> http://tomboyama.com/2009/11/08/mekugi/feed/ 0 Kojiri http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/27/kojiri/ http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/27/kojiri/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:05:27 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=677 saya, scabbard]]> Kojiri

A sword fitting made of soft metal or buffalo horn, which covers the end of the saya, scabbard.

]]> http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/27/kojiri/feed/ 0 Sageo http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/26/sageo/ http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/26/sageo/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:00:16 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=670 obi (a sash). The sageo runs through the kurigata or a ring which serves as one on the saya. When swords are displayed, the sageo is often tied in a elaborate knot]]> Sageo

A cord used to secure a sword to the obi (a sash).  The sageo runs through the kurigata or a ring which serves as one on the saya.   When swords are displayed, the sageo is often tied in a elaborate knot.

]]> http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/26/sageo/feed/ 0 Chu-kissaki http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/chu-kissaki/ http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/chu-kissaki/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:57:39 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=653 Chu-kissaki

A point of medium length, approximately the width of the blade near the point.

]]> http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/chu-kissaki/feed/ 0 Ichimai http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/ichimai/ http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/ichimai/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:56:27 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=651 Ichimai

A blade construction style in which the blade is forged from a single piece of folded steel.

]]> http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/ichimai/feed/ 0 Sunobe http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/sunobe/ http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/sunobe/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:52:16 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=648 sunobe should have an even distal taper, as well as taper in width like a sword. A sunobe may be the result of several billets forge-welded together in the case of hon-san-mai and other complex blade constructions]]> Sunobe


A billet of steel which will be forged into a blade. A sunobe should have an even distal taper, as well as taper in width like a sword. A sunobe may be the result of several billets forge-welded together in the case of hon-san-mai and other complex blade constructions.

]]> http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/sunobe/feed/ 0 Yokote http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/yokote/ http://tomboyama.com/2009/03/23/yokote/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:46:18 +0000 zY3tomb0c@ http://www.tomboyama.com/?p=645 ha and differentiates the kissaki. The yokote should mark the plane where the geometry of the edge changes at the kissaki Yokote

A clearly polished line that runs perpendicular to the ha and differentiates the kissaki. The yokote should mark the plane where the geometry of the edge changes at the kissaki.

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