Ono (weapon)
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| Weapon type: | Cutting weapon |
| Designations: | O-No, Yamabushi-Ax |
| Use: | Battle ax |
| Region of origin / author: |
Japan , armory |
| Distribution: | Japan |
| Overall length: | about 180 cm |
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The O-No or Nyubu-Ono , engl. Yamabushi-Ax is a battle ax from Japan.
description
The O-No is usually made of steel . It is single-edged and has a crescent-shaped, heavy blade that is attached to the shaft with the help of a square eye . On the opposite side of the blade, the ax is designed in the shape of a leaf. Approximately in the middle of the blade, on the eye, three deep and wide hollow cuts are made on each side, which serve to reduce the weight. A heart-shaped opening is cut out on the blade. The O-No was often used by the Yamabushi battle monks.
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, page 475, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5 .
literature
- Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook, Secrets of the samurai: a survey of the martial arts of feudal Japan , Tuttle Publishing, 1991, page 322, ISBN 978-0-8048-1684-7
- Roald M. Knutsen, Japanese polearms , Holland Press, 1963