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...

Japanese sodegarami, tsukubō, and sasumata were used by Edo-era law enforcement for apprehending suspects. However, the sasumata was most like a man catcher...

Over time, they were stylised into the monk's spade weapon. Khakkhara Sasumata Holmes Welch, The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900—1950, Harvard University...

and the sasumata. Three of these tools were called torimono sandōgu ("three tools of arresting"), which consisted of the sodegarami, sasumata, and tsukubō...

naginata and other polearms. The sodegarami, tsukubō (push pole), and sasumata (spear fork) comprise the torimono sandōgu (three implements of arresting)...

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...

implements of arresting), along with the sodegarami (sleeve entangler) and the sasumata (spear fork) used by samurai police to capture suspected criminals uninjured...

form.) Aegis Caduceus Cap of invisibility List of mythological objects Sasumata Thunderbolt Trident "Bident". The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language...

(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...

(European) Pollaxe, poleaxe (European) Pudao (Chinese) Romphea, romfea (Greek) Sasumata (Japanese) Scythe (Improvised) Sodegarami (Japanese) Tepoztopilli (American)...