Tekkan-Zu
| Tekkan-Zu | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Brass knuckles, striking weapon |
| Designations: | Tekken, Tekkan-Zu |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Japan , ninja |
| Handle: | metal |
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The Tekkan-Zu or Tekken is a brass knuckles from Japan .
description
The Tekkan-Zu is made of bronze or iron. It is oval and has pointed thorns on the list side, which serve to increase the impact. On the underside, the brass knuckles are angular and heavily worked out to enable blows from above. There are different versions. These brass knuckles were used by warriors in Japan.
See also
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, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint), page 367 f.
literature
- Stephen R. Turnbull: Warriors of medieval Japan. Osprey Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84176-864-9 , p. 162.
- Christopher Dresser: Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882.
- Daniel C. Pauley: Pauley's Guide - A Dictionary of Japanese Martial Arts and Culture. Samantha Pauley Verlag, ISBN 978-0-615-23356-7 , p. 173.
Web links
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