Very Large and Heavy Yari

[Mitsukawa]

two years ago. 

This yari made by  Sumitani Masamin，copied 日本号（one of the Japanese famous yari）as a gift to SUZUKI KATEI

,He is the retired former head researcher of the Nippon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (NBTHK)

[Mitsukawa]

[Jacques D.]

Original Nihon-go No yari here  (nagasa 79.2 cm)

 

https://kougetsudo.info/nihongo/

 

 

[JakeNYC]

On 8/10/2021 at 5:02 AM, Shugyosha said:

I’ve only got these two, I’m not sure if there’s anything better:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Japanese-Spears-Polearms-Their-Japan/dp/1901903567#immersive-view_1628586014813
 

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30744045923&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-tile1&searchurl=ds%3D10%26sortby%3D20%26tn%3Djapanese%2Bpolearms

Thanks for the recommendation.

It was interesting to read the 60s book and compare it to the 2002 one. This area of scholarship (understandably) has improved since then. Their list of smiths who made spears was very short and didn't have Masazane (disappointing). But hey, what can you do. Spears seem to be a relatively niche area of this field.

 

[Mark]

Grey has a copy of the book mentioned

https://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/books/b836-Japanese-polearms-knutsen