Secret Weapons of Jujutsu by Don Cunningham

Author:Don Cunningham
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0-8048-3422-9
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

FIGURE 36. An Edo Period tessen decorated with gold foil. This iron menhari-gata in the sensu-gata style is from the author’s personal collection.

FIGURE 37. Two Edo Period tessens, one very plain with no decoration and another decorated with intricate silver wire inlay. These iron menhari-gata in the sensu-gata style are both from the author’s personal collection.

Both the folding and solid styles often incorporated engravings of suitable poems, rank titles, animals such as dragons, or other symbolic kanji characters. Sometimes the solid style of tessen would also incorporate a fancy silk cord wrapping as a handle, almost like a bladed weapon. Of course, many tessen were of a more sober and functional style, including little or no decoration of any kind.

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