tachi

A tachi is a type of sabre-like traditionally made Japanese sword (nihonto) worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Tachi and uchigatana ("katana") generally differ in length, degree of curvature, and how they were worn when sheathed, the latter depending on the location of the mei (銘), or signature, on the tang. The tachi style of swords preceded the development of the katana, which was not mentioned by name until near the end of the twelfth century. Tachi were the mainstream Japanese swords of the Kotō period between 900 and 1596. Even after the Muromachi period (1336–1573), when katana became the mainstream, tachi were often worn by high-ranking samurai.

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Tachi “Kunimune” and Koshirae "Kaijōtō"

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Blade and saya of kenuki-gata tachi at Ise Shrine

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		jindachi	tachi	Wikidata
class	weapon		keiba tachi	bokuto, tachi	Wikidata
class	weapon		kenukigata tachi	tachi	Wikidata
class	weapon		kodachi	tachi	Wikidata
class	weapon		ornamental sword	tachi, ceremonial sword	Wikidata
link	page		Statens historiska museers samlingar page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Tachi-p1000618		Commons
commons	image		Tachi mounting-IMG 4683-black		Commons
commons	image		Tachi “Kunimune” and Koshirae "Kaijōtō"		Commons
commons	image		Tachi-p1000622		Commons
commons	image		Tachi-p1000620		Commons
commons	image		Tachi mounting-IMG 4683-white		Commons
commons	image		Futabayama holding the yokozuna sword 001		Commons
commons	image		Tachi-p1000631		Commons
commons	image		Futabayama holding the yokozuna sword 002		Commons
commons	image		Blade and saya of kenuki-gata tachi at Ise Shrine		Commons