tsurugi

A tsurugi (剣) or ken (剣) is a Japanese sword. The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity. In Japanese the term tsurugi or ken is used as a term for all sorts of international long, double-edged swords.

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Japanese sword, Japan, 

dakōken, dōken, Japanese sword, katana, kogitsunemaru, shinken, 

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  dakōken ⓘ
  type of ancient Japanese sword

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  dōken ⓘ
  

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		dakōken	tsurugi	Wikidata
class	weapon		dōken	tsurugi, bronze object	Wikidata