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→Late Muromachi (1555-1595)
*Katana - to be 2 shaku (=60.6cm) and longer.
*Katana - to be 2 shaku (=60.6cm) and longer.
Blade lenghts are always measured streight between the Hamachi and the Kissaki.
Blade lengths are always measured in a straight line between the Munemachi and the Kissaki.
Since the official adoption of the metric system in 1891, the traditional
Since the official adoption of the metric system in 1891, the traditional
*Katana (and Tachi) - to be 60cm or longer
*Katana (and Tachi) - to be 60cm or longer
This legal classification sometimes doesn't matches with the academical one
This legal classification sometimes doesn't match with the academic one
that is more complex, impling the way in which the blade was originally
that is more complex, implying the way in which the blade was originally
intended to be worn (Tachi or Katana) and its purpose.
intended to be worn (Tachi or Katana) and its purpose.
Academically speaking a '''Sunnobi-Tanto''', is so-called because it is always a little longer
then one Shaku (30.3 cm) is legally speaking a Wakizashi.
then one Shaku (30.3 cm) and is these days legally speaking a Wakizashi.
(Takeuchi, Alexander)
(Takeuchi, Alexander)