Wakizashi - Armpit

Japanese: 脇指 - わきざし
Wakizashi - Armpit
Also written as wakizashi. A katana (Japanese sword) with a length of more than one shaku and less than two shaku. It became popular to attach the wakizashi to the sword and wear it on the waist from the Muromachi period onwards, and in the Edo period it was called daisho.
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Japanese:
脇差とも記す。長さ1尺以上,2尺以下の打刀(うちがたな)。刀に脇指を添えて腰にさすことが室町時代以降流行,江戸時代には大小と呼ばれた。
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