Yari (spear)

Culture Japanese

Date1500s

Mediumsteel, painted wood, iron, brass copper and lacquer

Dimensions249 × 14.5 × 4.5 cm (98 1/16 × 5 11/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
4 lb, 12 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.245.1

DescriptionVery long double-edged steel thrusting blade of triangular section. Long deep red-painted fuller on flat face of blade. Pentagonal shank with stout. Tang this fits into wooden shaft of circular section with pierced iron rounded butt cap. At top are brass & copper ferrules at base of which is socketed crossbar of flattened hexagonal section with squared terminals slightly curved towards blade. One of bars is pierced & fitted with free iron ring. Below this is black-lacquered spiral band with copper bands above & below. When removed, overall blade with tang is 56 1/4"; blade only is 27 3/4".
ProvenanceCollection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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