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A Fine Long Spear Sankaku Yari.
Excellent overall condition.
Wood, steel, lacquer, skin, copper, fur.
Edo period / 17th Century / (Enpo Era) 1673 - 1681.
‘Tsuka’ (wooden shaft) surmounted by a fur ‘Saya’ (probably 19th Century).
Japan.
‘Yari’ is a term for a long spear with a traditionally made steel blade. The ‘martial art’ of handling and wielding a “yari’ is referred to as ‘Sōjutsu’. The triangular spear head ‘Sankaku Yari’ has a point terminating from a triangular cross-section. Used to penetrate metal armour, its effectiveness was without doubt.
Other examples in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and the Nagashino Museum, Japan.
Dimensions
246.5cm long - 97 ins long / 2.46 metres long / 263cm long - 103½ ins long (with fur covered spear cover)The BADA Standard
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