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Submitted by kazarena on Sun, 2007-02-18 18:54

Japanese

太刀

Definition

A curved sword with a blade longer than 2 shaku (~60cm). It was worn suspended from the belt with the blade edge down. They were mainly produced in Koto times. Later, many old tachi were cut down into katana. The majority of surviving tachi blades now are o-suriage, so it is rare to see an original signed ubu tachi.