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Ninja goods : Kusari Gama

2017/01/12

Kusari Gama : Ninja goods.

Kusari Length : about 2.3 m or 90.55 inches
Jidai(era) : Edo period.
Special feature: The heavy weight, iron chain and bladed nunchaku with handle is unusual item.

The kusarigama (chain-sickle) is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle) on a metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end.
The kusarigama is said to have developed during the Muromachi period.
The art of handling the kusarigama is called kusarigamajutsu.

AOI estimation paper

Price : 70,000 JPY-

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