Japanese Spears: Polearms and Their Use in Old Japan

by Roald Knutsen

This is the first book in English to provide a fully illustrated guide to the use of polearms - ranging from the earliest halberds and spears reaching Japan from the Asian mainland to the sophisticated naginata, nagamaki and various forms of yari used by the Japanese samurai through the medieval period. While the sword remains the best known of Japanese weapons, it was the halberd (naginata) and then the yari that dominated the battlefields up to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1901903567
• ISBN13: 9781901903560
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"