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**dxpfmP0l** · 09-26-2006, 07:00 AM

Well, as far as I recall...the tsurugi refers to the straight, double-edged sword that the japanese used prior to the emergence of the saber-esque tachi and katana(when bows, not swords, were the more prominent weapon, I think). I seem to recall pictures of warriors in armor with straight swords and the large bows (daikyu) while on horseback ....I could be wrong, though.

As for the kanji involved...I really don't know.

If you recall movie Rashomon(spell?), the straight sword is called Koryokum ( Korean Sword ) - The word "Ken" represents two edged straight sword in China ( or Korea ) and Do ( or To ) represetns one edged sword as in "Nihonto". There is an ancient straight sword from Japan displayed in Metropolitan Museum ( in NY ) also saying that is an early sword from Korea ( or Korean Style ) - so I'm assuming that stright sword in Japn is called Korean style and did not blossom into any significant Ryu.. It it did, it would have been called Korean style as well..

09-26-2006, 07:00 AM	#8
dxpfmP0l Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	Well, as far as I recall...the tsurugi refers to the straight, double-edged sword that the japanese used prior to the emergence of the saber-esque tachi and katana(when bows, not swords, were the more prominent weapon, I think). I seem to recall pictures of warriors in armor with straight swords and the large bows (daikyu) while on horseback ....I could be wrong, though. As for the kanji involved...I really don't know. If you recall movie Rashomon(spell?), the straight sword is called Koryokum ( Korean Sword ) - The word "Ken" represents two edged straight sword in China ( or Korea ) and Do ( or To ) represetns one edged sword as in "Nihonto". There is an ancient straight sword from Japan displayed in Metropolitan Museum ( in NY ) also saying that is an early sword from Korea ( or Korean Style ) - so I'm assuming that stright sword in Japn is called Korean style and did not blossom into any significant Ryu.. It it did, it would have been called Korean style as well..
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