Onimaru - Onimaru

Japanese: 鬼丸 - おにまる

[1] Name of the sword. Made by Awataguchi Kunitsuna. Imperial treasure. A treasured sword handed down through the Genji clan. It was originally called "Higekiri" (Hige-kiri), but it is said that it was renamed after Watanabe Tsuna, a retainer of Minamoto no Yorimitsu, killed an ogre with it. It is also said that the name comes from the fact that it killed a copper ogre that was the base of a brazier, driving away a vengeful spirit. It was passed down through Nitta Yoshisada, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and was counted as one of the five great swords of Japan during the Muromachi period. It has a wooden scabbard, a metal fitting attached directly to the handle, which is then wrapped in leather and covered with black lacquer, and has a tsuba-kaku (guard guard). *Taiheiki (late 14th century) 32 "I cut the little ogre's head without hitting it, and dropped it. This sword was named Onimaru (demon) . [2] Kyogen. An extra piece from the Izumi school. Kannon appears as a traveling monk and dissuades Onimaru, who is secretly a bandit to support his old father.

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Japanese:

[一] 太刀の名。粟田口国綱作。御物。源氏相伝の宝剣で、はじめ「鬚切」といったが、源頼光の家来の渡辺綱が鬼を切ったため改称されたともいい、また、火鉢の足になっている銅製の鬼を切り怨霊を退けたところからの称ともいう。新田義貞、足利義昭、豊臣秀吉と伝わり、室町時代に天下五剣の一つに数えられた。形状は木質の鞘、柄の上にただちに金具をかけ、その上を皮で包み黒漆をかけたもので、鐔覆がある。※太平記（１４Ｃ後）三二「小鬼の頭をかけず切てぞ落したる〈略〉此の太刀を鬼丸(ヲニマル)と名付て」[二] 狂言。和泉流番外曲。観音が旅僧の姿になって、老父を養うためにひそかに山賊をしている鬼丸の悪心をひるがえさせる。

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