Impact Behaviour of the Japanese Sword
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Impact Behaviour of the Japanese Sword |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Masashi DAIMARUYA; Muroran Institute of Technology, Mizumoto; Japan |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Hidetoshi KOBAYASHI; Osaka University, Osaka; Japan |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | |
| 3. | Subject | Keyword(s) | impact force; impact response; Japanese sword; Tachi; joint of blade and hilt; mekugi-ana |
| 4. | Description | Abstract | The Japanese sword is a weapon peculiar to Japan. The present study is concerned with the joint between tohshin (blade) and tsuka (hilt) of the Japanese sword. Only one mekugi- take (retaining peg made of bamboo) with about 5mm in diameter holds the tang in the hilt. However a slender mekugi might not be broken, even in the case of violent sword-fighting. This fact has been historically demonstrated in many battles by Japanese swords. In this study it is examined theoretically and experimentally from the viewpoint of impact engineering why a mekugi used in Tachi and Katana may not be broken. As a result, it is found that such a strong force as breaking a mekugi-take does not act on it, because of the location of mekugi- ana (a hole for mekugi ) in the tang, which has been made in the Japanese sword by following the traditional code of sword-smiths. |
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| 8. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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| 10. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://entra.put.poznan.pl/index.php/et/article/view/118 |
| 10. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.24423/engtrans.118.2012 |
| 11. | Source | Title; vol., no. (year) | Engineering Transactions; Vol 60, No 2 (2012) |
| 12. | Language | English=en | |
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