Ono (weapon)

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Illustration of an Ono

Ono (斧^?) (masa-kari)^[1] is the Japanese word for an "axe" or a "hatchet", and is used to describe various tools of similar structure. As with axes in other cultures, ono are sometimes employed as weapons. Many existing academic references and documented examples of this particular weapon are in connection with the sohei or yamabushi^[2] (warrior monks), who also adapt other agricultural tools as weapons although samurai are also pictured as using ono in wood block prints. Ono that were specifically designed for military use are of extreme rarity. The weapon version of the ono is described as having "a very large head with a very convex cutting edge and a large scroll-shaped peen opposite it. It has a sheath covering only the edge of the blade. The entire length is nearly six feet" (stone,475).^[3]

Antique Japanese ono

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