The sasumata (刺股, spear fork) is a polearm used by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. Although some sources place the origin of the...
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Japanese sodegarami, tsukubō, and sasumata were used by Edo-era law enforcement for apprehending suspects. However, the sasumata was most like a man catcher...
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Over time, they were stylised into the monk's spade weapon. Khakkhara Sasumata Holmes Welch, The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900—1950, Harvard University...
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naginata and other polearms. The sodegarami, tsukubō (push pole), and sasumata (spear fork) comprise the torimono sandōgu (three implements of arresting)...
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and the sasumata. Three of these tools were called torimono sandōgu ("three tools of arresting"), which consisted of the sodegarami, sasumata, and tsukubō...
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were the kanamuchi, kiriko no bo, tetto, sodegarami, tsukubo, and the sasumata. Samurai police were required to have these six tools or weapons on hand...
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implements of arresting), along with the sodegarami (sleeve entangler) and the sasumata (spear fork) used by samurai police to capture suspected criminals uninjured...
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form.) Aegis Caduceus Cap of invisibility List of mythological objects Sasumata Thunderbolt Trident "Bident". The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language...
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(レオン, Reon) Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn (English) Sasumata (サスマタ) Voiced by: Hiroki Nanami (Japanese); Benjamin Diskin (English) Shigatera...
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(European) Pollaxe, poleaxe (European) Pudao (Chinese) Romphea, romfea (Greek) Sasumata (Japanese) Scythe (Improvised) Sodegarami (Japanese) Tepoztopilli (American)...
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