Subject: 侍 samurai warrior
Culture: Japanese
Setting: Tokugawa shogunate, Japan 17th-mid 19thc
Object: 槍 yari, なぎなた, 薙刀 naginata spears
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art > Weapons and Warriors *
* Harwood International > Samurai Collection
Spears (yari) have a long history in Japan and even play a part in the country's creation myth.
Foot soldiers known as ashigaru usually carried spears with double-sided blades
which were not thrown but used in thrusting motions during combat."
