Head and spine sword - Kabutsuchi no Tachi

Japanese: 頭椎大刀 - かぶつちのたち
Head and spine sword - Kabutsuchi no Tachi

A type of sword fitting from the Kofun period. This style, with a fist-shaped bulge on the pommel, is unique to Japan and was seen in later periods. Some are inlaid with silver on an iron base, but generally they are made of gilt bronze and come in smooth or ridged surfaces. The tsuba (guard guard) is large and inverted egg-shaped, and the scabbard is also decorative, with a thin plate of gilt bronze decorated with a beaded pattern using the hammering technique. It is also large, measuring over one meter, and is thought to have been a large sword used for ceremonial guards rather than for actual combat. The name kabutsuchi is said to have come to be used after the Edo period, as it appears in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki as kabutsuchi.

[Murai Takeo]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

古墳時代の刀装形式の一種。柄頭(つかがしら)が拳(こぶし)状に膨らみをもったわが国独自の形式で、後期にみられる。鉄地に銀象眼(ぎんぞうがん)を施したものもあるが、一般には金銅(こんどう)製で、表面が滑らかなものと、数条の畦目(うねめ)がつけられたものとがある。鐔(つば)は大きな倒卵形で、鞘(さや)も金銅の薄板に連珠文(れんじゅもん)を打出しの技法で表現し装飾的であり、かつ1メートルを超す大形であるなど実戦用というより儀仗(ぎじょう)用の大刀と考えられる。頭椎の名は記紀に「箇歩豆智(かぶつち)」とあるところから、江戸時代以後よばれるようになったといわれる。

[村井嵓雄]

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