naginata

A Japanese weapon composed of a long pole and a curved blade at the end. It is similar to the Chinese guan dao or the European glaive. Commonly used by and associated with women due to their relative ease of use, and widespread usage by women militias during the Sengoku period.

See Also

• List of Weapons
• Polearm
• Yari

External links

• Wikipedia: Naginata
• Wikipedia (JP): Naginata

This tag implicates polearm (learn more).