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Dating to 1027, it was used as an anti-cavalry weapon. Surviving examples include a sword that might resemble a nagamaki in construction; it had a wrapped handle 37 cm long making it easy to grip with two hands. The blade was 114 cm long and very straight with a slight curve in the last half. Possible variations of these Chinese swords were the miao dao, and the wodao. The sword may have been the insparation for the Zanbato (if it ever existed) as, both have been said to have been used for killing the horse and rider in one swing. Though, if a sword as large as the Zanbato ever existed, the way to weild it would be a simple horizontal swing. Most likely, the Zanbato is just a mis-drawing of the Zhanmadao. And, it was poorly drawn or translated by japanese travelers who saw the sword in action.
china-stub weapon-stub Category:Chinese swords Category:East Asian swords This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Zhanmadao".
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