Yoroi doshi. Antique Japanese spear. Samurai. sword goes beyond the battlefield to

goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were

this sword is the latter

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A beautiful lacquered box

( Would display well with Lt Taiji Yagi’s battle flag

Yoroi doshi. Antique Japanese spear. Samurai. sword goes beyond the battlefield toA lovely simply mounted yari in a red koshirae. The yoroi dshi is generally an extra thick tanto , but in a number of cases a yari ( spear head ) was used , as in this item . They appeared in the Sengoku period of the 14th and 15th centuries. The yoroi dshi was made for piercing armour and for stabbing while grappling in close quarters. a true antique Samurai item .