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Kusari Gama (chain-sickle) : Mumei

2017/01/09

Kusari Gama : Ninja goods.
Mei (signature) : Mumei

Blade Length : about 16 cm or 6.29 inches
Width at the hamachi : 2.15 cm or 0.84 inches.
Kasane : 0.53 cm or 0.20 inches.
Handle Length : about 37.5 cm or 14.76 inches
Jidai(era) : Edo period.

Special feature: The heavy weight, iron chain and bladed nunchaku with handle is unusual item.
It is very interesting how to battle each other by this instrument.

The kusarigama (chain-sickle) is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle) on a metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end. The kusarigama is said to have developed during the Muromachi period.The art of handling the kusarigama is called kusarigamajutsu.

Oshigata
AOI estimation paper

Price: 98,000JPY

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