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Japanese pole weapons
The
torimono sand?gu
(also
torimono hogu
or
mitsu dogu
)
[1]
[2]
were known as the
three tools of arresting
.
[3]
The torimono sand?gu were three types of
pole weapons
used by the
samurai
class and their
retainers
in feudal Japan during the
Edo period
.
[4]
History
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In
Edo period
Japan the samurai were in charge of police operations; various levels of samurai police with help from non-samurai commoners used many types of non lethal weapons in order to capture suspected criminals for trial. The torimono sand?gu was part of the six tools of the police station (
bansho rokugin
or
keigo roku-go
),
[3]
these were the
kanamuchi
,
kiriko no bo, tetto, sodegarami, tsukubo
, and the
sasumata
.
[5]
Samurai police were required to have these six tools or weapons on hand to effectively deal with disturbances. The torimono sand?gu were symbols of office and were often displayed in front of police checkpoints or used in processions, especially while convicted prisoners were being led to their execution.
[3]
Description and use
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The torimono sand?gu consisted of the
sodegarami
(sleeve entangler),
sasumata
(spear fork) and
tsukubo
(push pole).
[6]
All three implements were mounted on long hardwood poles usually around 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in length, sharp metal barbs or spines attached to metal strips covered one end of these implements to keep the person being captured from grabbing the pole. The opposite end of the pole would have a metal cap, or
ishizuki
like those found on
naginata
and other pole weapons. Torimono sand?gu implements were designed to entangle, restrain and obstruct criminals rather than injure them.
[3]
[7]
See also
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References
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- ^
Breaking barriers: travel and the state in early modern Japan
, Volume 163 of Harvard East Asian monographs, Constantine Nomikos Vaporis, Publisher Harvard Univ Asia Center, 1994
ISBN
9780674081079
, p.11
- ^
Pauley's Guide - A Dictionary of Japanese Martial Arts and Culture
, Daniel C. Pauley, 2009 P.116
- ^
a
b
c
d
Taiho-jutsu: law and order in the age of the samurai
, Don Cunningham, Tuttle Martial Arts, Tuttle Publishing, 2004
ISBN
978-0-8048-3536-7
, P.93-100
- ^
Mol, Serge;
Classical weaponry of Japan: special weapons and tactics of the martial arts
, Kodansha International, 2003, p.126
- ^
Classical weaponry of Japan: special weapons and tactics of the martial arts
, Author Serge Mol, Publisher Kodansha International, 2003,
ISBN
978-4-7700-2941-6
, P.206
- ^
Pauley, Daniel C.;
Pauley's Guide - A Dictionary of Japanese Martial Arts and Culture
Samantha Pauley, 2009, p112
- ^
Russo-Japanese war, Volume 3, Russo-Japanese War
, Publisher Kinkodo pub. co., 1905, Original from the New York Public Library P.854
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