Japanese Edo period wood block print (ca 1735) of a samurai with a tachi and a wakizashi (or kodachi). ![]() The official term for katana in Japan is uchigatana (打刀) and the term katana (刀) often refers to single-edged swords from around the world. Since the Muromachi period, many old tachi were cut from the root and shortened, and the blade at the root was crushed and converted into katana. Developed later than the tachi, it was used by samurai in feudal Japan and worn with the edge facing upward. Ī katana ( 刀 or かたな or カタナ) is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Lacquered wood, some are covered with fish skin, decorated with brass and copper. Two-handed swept, with circular or squared guard Nanboku-chō period (1336-1392) which corresponds to the early Muromachi period (1336–1573) to present Samurai, Onna-musha, Ninja, Kendo, Iaido practitioners ![]() ![]() Bizen Osafune school influenced by the Sōshū school. A katana modified from a tachi forged by Motoshige.
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