Kreis novan paĝon kun "'''Ŭakizaŝi''' aŭ ''Wakizashi'' (en japana: 脇差, "flankentrudita [glavo]"<ref>[https://books.google.es/books?id=tgOY9Cnxh3UC&pg=PA105&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=..."
'''Ŭakizaŝi''' aŭ ''Wakizashi'' (en [[japana]]: 脇差, "flankentrudita [glavo]"<ref name="Ogyû Sorai's Discourse on government (Seidan)">[https://books.google.es/books?id=tgOY9Cnxh3UC&pg=PA105&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Ogyû Sorai's Discourse on government (Seidan): an annotated translation,https://books.google.es/books?id=tgOY9Cnxh3UC&pg=PA105&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Sorai Ogyū, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1999 P. 105 </ref>) estis tipo de tradicia [[japana glavo]] (''nihonto'') uzita de la klaso de [[samurajo]]j de la feŭdisma [[Japanio]].
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TheLa ''wakizashi'' hashavas aklingon blade betweeninter 30 andkaj 60 cm,<ref (12name="Ogyû andSorai's 24Discourse inon government (Seidan),[1]"/> with ''wakizashi'' close to the length of a ''[[katana]]'' being called ''ō-wakizashi'' and ''wakizashi'' closer to ''[[tantō]]'' length being called ''kō-wakizashi''.[1]<ref name="Ogyû Sorai's Discourse on government (Seidan)"/> The ''wakizashi'' being worn together with the ''katana'' was the official sign that the wearer was a ''samurai'' or swordsman. When worn together the pair of swords were called ''[[daishō]]'', which translates literally as "big-little".<ref>[4https://books.google.com/books?id=vFS2iT8QjqEC&pg=PA68 ''The Japanese sword'', Kanzan Satō, Kodansha International, 1983 p.68]</ref> The ''katana'' was the ''big'' or ''long'' sword and the wakizashi the "little" or companion sword.[5][6]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzIXkFec0e8C&pg=PA18&dq=wakizashi#v=onepage&q=wakizashi&f=false |title=Classical weaponry of Japan: special weapons and tactics of the martial arts |first=Serge |last=Mol |pages=18–24 |publisher=Kodansha International |year=2003 |isbn=4-7700-2941-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFf9e0DmHZUC&pg=PA258&dq=wakizashi#v=onepage&q=wakizashi&f=false |page=258 |title=Secrets of the samurai: a survey of the martial arts of feudal Japan |first1=Oscar |last1=Ratti |first2=Adele |last2=Westbrook |year=1973 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=0-8048-1684-0}}</ref> ''Wakizashi'' are not necessarily just a smaller version of the ''katana''; they could be forged differently and have a different cross section.<ref>[7]https://books.google.com/books?id=wExlaM1ov0sC&pg=PA138 ''Samurai: The Code of the Warrior'', Thomas Louis, Tommy Ito, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2008 P.138]</ref>
