Naginata
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- Time Period: 750 AD - present time
- Origin: Japan
- Description: A long pole with a
sharp curving sword blade at one end.
- Use: The naginata was used by
warrior-priests in Japan at first, and then in the Edo period, it was used
mostly by samurai women in self-defense and self-development. It's now a
martial arts form.
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