The Tekkan Or Tekken Can Be Considered As Nihonto?

[DanielGJ]

Hello everyone, the tekken or tekkan can be included or considered nihonto? Or would it be more like a samurai weapon? I bought one some years ago and I would appreciate if you can offer me the information you know about this weapon, thank you and greetings to all, Daniel.

[John A Stuart]

No. The critical thing is 刀 which denotes an cutting edge. Although 鉄剣 has sword in the name it is a sword-like shape and not one in reality. Just like a tsunagi is sword shaped and not nihonto. John

[Baka Gaijin]

Would it fall into the general area of Keibō, being a defensive club of sorts?

[christianmalterre]

The Tekkan is a classical Koryu weapon.

The Yagyu Ryu same like the Kukishin Ryu ( plus others deriving from these both traditions of course ) still do teach it´s use in their´s curriculum.

Of course! a real weapon!

 

and you can find some really nice ones ( made and signed by reknowned Swordsmiths ) from time to time.... !

 

your´s is certainly a very nice exemplaire here! Congratulations! !

 

Christian

[John A Stuart]

If you go by one name for it 鉄管 it means 'iron pipe'. It is a weapon of course just as is, well, an iron pipe, but not nihonto. John

[DanielGJ]

The Tekkan or "iron sword" (Tetsu-ken/tetto) is a Japanese weapon, used during the Edo period until the beginning of the 20th Century[1]

 

This weapon was an iron truncheon, and could closely resemble a wakizashi sized sword with a blunt iron blade or they could be a cast iron version of a hachiwari ( hachiwara ).[2]

 

Tekkan became very popular during the Edo period with wealthy merchants and farmers, since such people were denied by law from carrying or possessing swords or other edged weapons.[3] The tekkan, bearing no edge, had always been permitted by law.

 

In 1876, the Meiji government of Japan passed the Haitōrei Edict, often called the "Sword Abolishment Act". This law prohibited all Japanese people, including the former members of the knightly samurai class, from bearing weapons in public. This prohibition led to a surge in popularity of a number of non-sword weapons, as well as disguised swords of various kinds. After the Haitorei Edict came into effect, members of the Samurai class also began carrying tekkan as self-defence weapons. Thanks for all,Daniel.