Shikomizue
| Shikomizue | |
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| Weapon type: | Stick sword, hidden weapon |
| Designations: | Shikomizue |
| Use: | weapon |
| Creation time: | Meiji period |
| Region of origin / author: |
Japan , samurai, armourers |
| Distribution: | Japan |
| Overall length: | about cm |
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The Shikomizue ( Japanese 仕 込 み 杖 , English: prepared walking stick ) is a Japanese hidden sword , disguised as a walking stick . It was used by government officials in the Meiji period .
Shikomizue is actually the name of the bracket. The sword blade is pushed into a cane-like sheath ( tsue ) to hide it. This type of holder was used almost exclusively in the Meiji period, when the carrying of swords was forbidden ( shark egg ). These holders should not use the Shirasaya be confused Brackets, the unadorned wooden scabbards were. This camouflage was mostly chosen by samurai who disagreed with the ban on the public carrying of swords, but wanted to avoid the arrest and death penalty that this violation of the law would have entailed.
literature
- Serge Mol, Classical weaponry of Japan: special weapons and tactics of the martial arts, Kodansha International, 2003, ISBN 978-4-7700-2941-6 .
- John M. Yumoto, The Samurai sword: a handbook, Tuttle Publishing, 1979, ISBN 978-0-8048-0509-4 .