Editing Polearm (section)

=====Naginata=====
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A ''naginata'' (なぎなた or 薙刀) is a Japanese polearm that was traditionally used by members of the [[samurai]] class. A naginata consists of a wood shaft with a curved blade on the end. Usually it also had a sword-like guard ([[tsuba]]) between the blade and shaft. It was mounted with a tang and held in place with a pin or pins, rather than going over the shaft using a socket. The naginata was developed based on the [[hoko yari]] from the 1st millennium AD<ref name="Draeger">{{cite book|last=Draeger|first=David E.|title=Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts|publisher= Kodansha International|year=1981|page=208|isbn=978-0-87011-436-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ratti|first=Oscar|author2=Adele Westbrook|title=Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan|publisher=Castle Books|year=1999|isbn=978-0-7858-1073-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/secretsofsamurai00osca_0/page/241 241]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/secretsofsamurai00osca_0/page/241}}</ref> or the [[tachi]] from the late [[Heian period]] (794–1185).<ref name="toukennagi">{{cite web|url=https://www.touken-world.jp/tips/25694/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124014052/https://www.touken-world.jp/tips/25694/|script-title=ja:薙刀・長巻の基礎知識 (Basic knowledge of naginata and nagamaki)|language=ja|publisher=Nagoya Japanese Sword Museum, Touken World|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref> It was appreciated by samurai who fought on foot as a weapon to maintain optimal distance from the enemy in close combat, but after the [[Onin War]] in the 15th century, large groups of mobilized infantry called [[asigaru]] began to equip themselves with [[yari]] (spear) [[yumi]] (longbow) and [[Tanegashima (gun)|tanegashima]] (gun), making naginata and [[tachi]] (long sword) obsolete on the battlefield and often replaced with [[nagamaki]] and [[katana]].<ref name="toukennagi"/><ref name="rekishi200940">''歴史人'' September 2020. pp.40-41. {{ASIN|B08DGRWN98}}</ref> From the [[Edo period]], naginata has been recognized as a martial art practiced by women in the samurai class.<ref name="toukennagi"/>