The former name of Lóngquán, a famous sword-making town in China.
Chinese term for openwork.
The Lùyíng (綠營) or "Green Standard Army" was a large force of the Qing dynasty military.
A large spear issued to the troops of the Green Standard Army in the Qing dynasty
Term coined by Bell in 1907, describing a dha that by then was mainly of Chinese make.
Ainu word for knife blade.
Ainu word for a knife handle.
Ainu word for the scabbard of a utility knife called makiri.
Japanese word for a basic blade construction consisting of one type of steel.
Tibetan for an open quiver that spreads the arrows out.
Chinese name for a type of Qing military arrow.
Ainu word for the back of a knife, or sword. Also the ridge of a mountain or house.
Chinese name for a slender, curved saber. Often associated with large two-handers.
A Japanese sword fittings artist who worked in the Mino-bori style.
Language: Japanese
Source: Michitatsu's Sōken Kishō of 1781
Muramasa (村正) was a Japanese master swordsmith, active in the first decades of the 16th century.
A Japanese swordsmith who lived between 1650-1730.
Japanese word for the tang of a sword
The Japanese name for punched, dotted surface finishes on metal.
Literally: Southern barbarian steel.
The Chinese word for matchlock musket.
Japanese word for martensite crystals that form in blade under certain conditions.
Japanese word for fine martensite crystals in the blade's temperline.
Manchu for Green Standard Army: The all-Han army of the Qing dynasty.