Enkei - Enkei

…In this period, bronze socketed halberds, axes, and halberds with jade blades appeared, and many jade halberds also appeared. Jade halberds continued to be made for a long time, although their shape became simpler. They were called Yangui at the end of the 1st millennium BC, and were known as gui in the 2nd century BC and 2nd century AD. Jade artifacts in the form of halberds characteristic of the Zhou dynasty, which began in the 11th century BC, continued to be used in later periods. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…この時期には青銅のソケットに玉製の刃をはめた矛，斧，戈（か）が現れ，また玉製の戈も多い。玉製の戈は形が単純化されながら長く作られつづけ，前1千年紀末ころには琰圭（えんけい）と呼ばれ，前2～後2世紀にも圭として知られていた。前11世紀に始まる周王朝に特徴的な型式の戈をかたどった玉器は，後にも引き継がれてゆく。…

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