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A selection of pre-modern Japanese weapons (media.piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by PugJesus@piefed.social to c/historyart@piefed.social

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[–] teft@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

They mostly weren’t used in combat since you could hurt your allies with it. It was used to chase away bandits or thieves. They are also called kusarigama (sickle-ball).

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