Although popular, from the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, the ninja's sword was more of a symbol-like item rather than a practical one.īut when I asked the curator about it in broken Japanese, he explained it was a replica. The ninja could climb a fence by driving the sword in the ground and stepping on the guard, leaving no evidence by retrieving it by its long sword knot. The sheath of the shonobi-gatana has a triangular end. Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA)Ī straight sword with a distinct rectangular guard.
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