Sodegarami

Sodegarami
Information
Weapon type:	Polearm
Designations:	Sodegarami
Use:	police weapon
Creation time:	circa 13th century
Working time:	13-16 century
Region of origin / author:	Japan , Japanese law enforcement, military
Distribution:	Japan
Overall length:	approx. 1.5–2 m
Handle:	Wood, iron
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The Sodegarami also Japanese. Torimono sandogu was a Japanese pole weapon that was used from the 13th to the 16th centuries by police.

Description and appearance

This weapon is made of sturdy wood and has an iron head. It is fastened with the help of springs that were 50 to 75 cm long. They are attached to the shaft from both sides with the help of screws or bolts. At the top was an iron head of various shapes that resembled either a halberd or a mace . Nails and small blades or spikes were attached to the iron rails. The tips of the heads were designed so that they could easily get caught in clothing. You could inflict serious injuries on a criminal or a fugitive, but that was not primarily the point of the sodegarami . Its main purpose was to detain, immobilize, break, and overwhelm a criminal. The points below the head were used to prevent the fixated man from getting hold of the weapon. The Sodegarami was used by city guards, police institutions and pirate hunters. It was similar to the Sasumata and the Tsukubo . The sodegarami was in use from the 13th century to the 18th century . Their importance lost with the advent of firearms in Japan. It is similar in its function and purpose to the European captors .

literature

• Cunningham, Don. Taiho-jutsu: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai , Boston; Rutland, Vermont; Tokyo (2004)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 568, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5