tachi
Sign in to saveA is a type of sabre-like traditionally made Japanese sword (nihonto) worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Tachi and uchigatana ("katana") generally differ in length, degree of curvature, and how they were worn when sheathed, the latter depending on the location of the , or signature, on the tang. The tachi style of swords preceded the development of the katana, which was not mentioned by name until near the end of the twelfth century. Tachi were the mainstream Japanese swords of the Kotō period between 900 and 1596. Even after the Muromachi period (1336–1573), when katana became the mai
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- Weapon.image
- 太刀 銘 正恒 附 菊桐紋散糸巻太刀拵 Blade and Mounting for a Tachi.jpg
- Weapon.caption
- Itomaki-no-tachi style sword mounting with chrysanthemum and paulownia crests on nashiji laquer ground. The blade was made by Masatsune. Blade, 12th century; mounting, 18th century. Tokyo National Museum.
- Weapon.type
- Sword
- Weapon.sheath_type
- Lacquered wood
- Weapon.image_size
- 350
- Weapon.origin
- Japan
- Weapon.is_bladed
- yes
- Weapon.production_date
- Heian period (794–1185) to present
- Weapon.part_length
- approx.
- Weapon.blade_type
- Curved, single-edged
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A is a type of sabre-like traditionally made Japanese sword (nihonto) worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Tachi and uchigatana ("katana") generally differ in length, degree of curvature, and how they were worn when sheathed, the latter depending on the location of the , or signature, on the tang. The tachi style of swords preceded the development of the katana, which was not mentioned by name until near the end of the twelfth century. Tachi were the mainstream Japanese swords of the Kotō period between 900 and 1596. Even after the Muromachi period (1336–1573), when katana became the mainstream, tachi were often worn by high-ranking samurai.
== History == thumb|upright|In the noh drama , the 10th-century blacksmith Munechika, aided by a (fox spirit), forges the (samurai sword) .