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Weapons of Japanese legend

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Amenonuhoko. Izanagi uses Amenonuhoko to stir the sea Amenonuhoko (天沼矛 or 天之瓊矛 or 天瓊戈, "heavenly jewelled spear"?)

Amenonuhoko

Is the name given to the spear in Japanese mythology used to raise the primordial land-mass, Onogoro-shima, from the sea. It is often represented as a naginata.[1] Honjo Masamune. Kusanagi. Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi (草薙の剣?)

Kusanagi

Is a legendary Japanese sword and one of three Imperial Regalia of Japan. It was originally called Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi (天叢雲剣? Masamune. Masamune Portrait Masamune (正宗?)

Masamune

, also known as Gorō Nyūdō Masamune (五郎入道正宗? , Priest Gorō Masamune, c.1264–1343 AD),[1] is widely recognized as Japan's greatest swordsmith. He created swords and daggers, known in Japanese as tachi and tantō respectively, in the Soshu tradition. Tonbogiri.