Biāojú (鏢局)
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Source: Pleco dictionary. Old photos.
Mino-bori (美濃彫)
Language: Japanese
Source: Michitatsu's Sōken Kishō of 1781
Mino Mitsunaka (美濃光仲)
A Japanese sword fittings artist who worked in the Mino-bori style.Jūmonji yari (十文字槍)
Japanese word for a cross shaped spearZhūgénǔ (诸葛弩) or "cho-ku-nu"
Chinese word for a repeating crossbowNakago (茎 / 中心)
Japanese word for the tang of a swordBāxiān (八仙), "Eight Immortals"
Eight figures from Chinese Daoist mythology.Hǔyádāo (虎牙刀), "tiger tooth sword"
Mandarin name of a Chinese-edged weapon with a 1:1 hilt-blade ratio.Muramasa (村正)
Muramasa (村正) was a Japanese master swordsmith, active in the first decades of the 16th century.Mainsa dha
Term coined by Bell in 1907, describing a dha that by then was mainly of Chinese make.Kuíwén (夔紋)
Chinese decorative pattern consisting of archaic dragon motifs.Hachiwari (鉢割)
Language: Japanese
Origin: Old literature